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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Song, what does Gallimard shame her with?
(a) His devotion.
(b) His generosity.
(c) His love.
(d) His understanding.

4. How does Song respond when Chin asks how Song came to live in an exalted position?
(a) "I was a plaything for the Imperialists!"
(b) "I loved a perfect man!"
(c) "I was a plaything for a Frenchman!"
(d) "I was a plaything for the white devils!"

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

6. Finish the sentence: "We must conserve our strength for the battles..."
(a) "...we know of."
(b) "...we know how to battle."
(c) "...we can't lose."
(d) "...we can win."

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

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

9. Which character is watching Scene 7?
(a) Gallimard.
(b) Every character in the cast.
(c) Chin.
(d) Song.

10. What secret can't Toulon keep from Gallimard?
(a) He has heard Gallimard is leaving his wife.
(b) He wants to fire Gallimard.
(c) He knows Song's work.
(d) He has heard that Gallimard has a native mistress.

11. What does Gallimard want Toulon to tell the Americans?
(a) There is a natural affinity between America and France.
(b) There is a bond of trust between the East and West.
(c) The Americas should protectthe Orient.
(d) There is a natural affinity between the West and the Orient.

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

13. What does Gallimard feel about his inability to produce a child?
(a) God is laughing at him.
(b) God is judging him.
(c) He is the woman of the marriage.
(d) He doesn't care.

14. What does Toulon find irritating?
(a) France's imperialism.
(b) America moving into Vietnam to grab the territory
(c) France's cowardliness.
(d) America's growing angry attitude.

15. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?
(a) They do not like Ho Chi Minh.
(b) They love the white people.
(c) They want to be protected by the Vietnamese.
(d) They love the American president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctor find was wrong with Helga?

2. What does Toulon ask Gallimard to do for him in France?

3. According to Song, what does happiness look like?

4. At what point in the plot does Scene 8 pick up?

5. What is Renee's profession?

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