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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Song tell Gallimard she feels about his presence?
(a) Passion.
(b) Practicality.
(c) Danger.
(d) Lust.

2. How many women has Marc slept with since he got married?
(a) Fourty.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Thirty.

3. What does Song hate about her audience?
(a) Their social bearing.
(b) Their age.
(c) Their smell.
(d) Their teeth.

4. What is Gallimard thinking when he is having sex with Isabelle?
(a) "Help me!"
(b) "God. So this is it?"
(c) "God. This is wonderful!"
(d) "I wonder who she is..."

5. What is an important fact that Toulon wants Gallimard to know about their jobs at the embassy?
(a) The nature of their work is changing.
(b) They will push for more power.
(c) Things will continue as normal.
(d) They will watch for spies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the American consul character in Madame Butterfly?

2. What was one outstanding feature about Isabelle that Marc remembers?

3. What did Gallimard believe Song was doing before they part ways at the end of Scene 8?

4. At what time does Song call Gallimard?

5. According to Gallimard, who wrote Madame Butterfly?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the plot of the opera Madame Butterfly, what is the relationship between Pinkerton and Sharpless? How does that story relate to Gallimard?

2. Why does Song speak in Italian at the end of Act 1?

3. What does Gallimard mean when he says he has become a celebrity?

4. Why is Gallimard's experiment with Song considered a success when she claims that she has given him her shame?

5. Why did Song take so much care in her first appearance to Gallimard when he finds him in France?

6. Why does Gallimard want to see Song fully naked?

7. Why does Gallimard believe God is a man?

8. What happens when Gallimard sees Song naked for the first time?

9. What are Chin's plans for Song after her time in the commune?

10. Is it ever clear if Gallimard knew Song was a man?

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