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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toulon ask Gallimard to do for him in France?
(a) Eat a croissant.
(b) Get a good night's sleep.
(c) Make some real money.
(d) Sleep with his wife.

2. What is Gallimard's opinion of the baby?
(a) He has his smile.
(b) He is very quiet.
(c) He is not very attractive.
(d) He looks just like his mother.

3. Why does Song believe women's roles in opera are played by men?
(a) Song believes only a man knows how a woman should act.
(b) Song believes women can't act.
(c) Song believes a woman is too smart to act.
(d) Song believes China wants to keep women unstimulated.

4. What does the banner read that Comrade Chin enters with?
(a) "The Actor Denies His Heritage!"
(b) "The Actor Cannot Escape His Fate!"
(c) "The Actor Renounces His Decadent Profession!"
(d) "The Actor Knows His End is Near!"

5. As Chin enters, what does Gallimard beg of the audience?
(a) To try to see it from his point of view,
(b) To judge Song for what she is doing.
(c) To love Song despite her betrayal.
(d) To side with whoever they see fit.

6. What does Gallimard have to say about Chairman Mao's cult?
(a) It would rule the world very soon.
(b) It has become very strong.
(c) It has died out.
(d) It will die out soon.

7. What was NOT waiting for Gallimard back in Paris when he arrived in 1968?
(a) Better Chinese food than he'd eaten in China.
(b) Friends and family.
(c) A regular schedule.
(d) Song.

8. How much time passes between the year Gallimard is fired from the embassy and the year Song travels to France to live with him?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Tenty years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

9. Where does Song say she will be when the audience returns from their five-minute break?
(a) Where they least expect her to be.
(b) Right where they left her.
(c) In court.
(d) Offstage.

10. According to Gallimard, how many American dollars were spent for every Viet Cong killed?
(a) Four million dollars.
(b) Four hundred yen.
(c) Four hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Four hundred dollars.

11. What does Gallimard say his job affects?
(a) A small slice of China.
(b) A large part of the universe.
(c) A bit of the earth.
(d) A small corner of the world.

12. What happened to Helga on her way home from the grocery store?
(a) She sees some policemen beating some students.
(b) She sees people looting a store.
(c) She is fascinated by a student's speech.
(d) She is hosed down by some policemen.

13. What does Gallimard start to call Song after their affair starts?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) My life.
(c) One and Only.
(d) My love.

14. What does Song tell Gallimard he was to her?
(a) Her greatest love.
(b) Her greatest lie.
(c) Her greatest acting challenge.
(d) Her only way out of China.

15. Where does Scene 7 take place?
(a) Toulon's house.
(b) Gallimard and Song's flat.
(c) Chin's office.
(d) Helga and Gallimard's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things about Song that Gallimard considers to be rare?

2. What doesn't Renee like about China?

3. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?

4. What is Song's response when Chin wants to know how Song retains all the information?

5. What does Song say about Chin as she exits?

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