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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 is Song afraid of as she is entertaining Gallimard in her parlor?
(a) Hoping for too much.
(b) Scandal.
(c) A beating from her father.
(d) Love.

2. In Act 1, Scene 7, when Gallimard is speaking to Helga, what does he say about the Chinese?
(a) They are a young people.
(b) They are a people with a rich heritage.
(c) They are an amazing people.
(d) They are an incredibly arrogant people.

3. How does Toulon say Gallimard has changed?
(a) He has become confident.
(b) He has become more physically fit.
(c) He has become withdrawn.
(d) He gets on his nerves,

4. Who plays the character of Suzuki in Gallimard's dream?
(a) Comrade Chin.
(b) Cio-Cio-San.
(c) Helga.
(d) Gallimard.

5. By what other name does Pinkerton's wife go?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Little One.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Lovely One.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Madame Butterfly, what are the last words Butterfly sings before she kills herself?

2. What does Gallimard consider himself to be?

3. What did Helga want to know about Song's performance Gallimard had seen that night?

4. What does Song promise to Gallimard after her outburst?

5. Why did Gallimard get scared when Isabelle screamed that she was coming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Durig Act 2, Scene 1, Gallimard claims that although men watching a production of Madame Butterfly may resent the character of Pinkerton, very few would pass up the chance to be him. Why does Gallimard think this is possible?

2. Why did Toulon send Gallimard back to France?

3. How does Gallimard's character change at the end of Scene 10?

4. How does the nature of Gallimard and Song's relationship develop through Act 1?

5. In the end, who does Gallimard cast as the role of Madame Butterfly? Why?

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

7. What does Gallimard's experience with Isabelle reflect his sex life as a whole?

8. How has the relationship between Marc and Gallimard changed during the course of the play?

9. What is the nature of Gallimard's experiment with Song? Why does he decide to treat her in this fashion?

10. Why did Toulon decide to keep Gallimard on board with the intelligence division?

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