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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 the famous duet that Pinkerton and Sharpless sing together?
(a) "The Love Duet."
(b) "The Marriage Duet."
(c) "The Whole World Over."
(d) "The Lass that Loved a Sailor."

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

3. What does Song call Gallimard?
(a) A cad.
(b) An idiot.
(c) A wimp.
(d) A tiger.

4. Finish the sentence: "...there's no guarantee of failure in life like ________"
(a) "...a depressing mairage."
(b) "...happiness in high school."
(c) "...failure as a child."
(d) "...finding happiness in love."

5. What does Song say is undervalued in the West?
(a) Education.
(b) Street smarts.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Perseverance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Toulon state will not be part of Gallimard's job requirement?

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

4. What does Gallimard say about Song's performance?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Renee's candor about sexuality and the human anatomy differ from Galliamard's?

2. How does Song talk Gallimard out of marriage?

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

4. In the story of Madame Butterfly, how is Butterfly treated by Pinkerton?

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

6. How does Gallimard feel about having a baby with Song? How does he feel when he sees the baby for the first time?

7. Why was Song beaten? What were Chin's choices for further punishment for Song?

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

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

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

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