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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 Toulon state will not be part of Gallimard's job requirement?
(a) Good judgment.
(b) Passion.
(c) Manhood.
(d) Humility.

2. What does Gallimard ask Song?
(a) "Are you my Butterfly?"
(b) "Who is Butterfly?"
(c) "Why me?"
(d) "Are you the one?"

3. In the first scene of the play, how old is Gallimard?
(a) 29.
(b) 65.
(c) 39.
(d) 55.

4. What does Gallimard believe about God?
(a) He sees Gallimard's crimes.
(b) He is all-powerful.
(c) He is a man.
(d) He does not exist.

5. What does Song get upset about when she enters the room?
(a) Her servants are ignoring her.
(b) Gallimard is upset.
(c) Her servants haven't taken his coat.
(d) Her servants haven't poured any tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gallimard's instinct when he saw Song perform Madame Butterfly?

2. What does Song think of the story of Madame Butterfly?

3. Who is in the framed picture that Gallimard picks up?

4. What part of Song's letter does Gallimard quote for her?

5. How large is Gallimard's cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chin's point of view of Song's service to the Revolution differ from Song's?

2. What is the premise for Gallimard's favorite musical, Madame Butterfly?

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

4. What does Song say she wants to do by the end of her encounter with Chin in Act 2, Scene 9? Is this her own choice?

5. How does Marc's marriage and his treatment of women and that of Gallimard's differ?

6. Define the "Rape Mentality" that Song describes in the courtroom.

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

8. What does Gallimard believe when Song says "...sometimes it is also mutual" and why does it surprise him?

9. Why does Song consider Gallimard her greatest acting challenge?

10. How do Gallimard and his wife agree in regards to their opinion of the Chinese people?

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