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M. Butterfly Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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's full name?
(a) Song Gallimard.
(b) Song Liling.
(c) Song Long.
(d) Song Suzuki.

2. How old is Gallimard at the point Scene 13 occurs?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Forty.
(d) Sixty.

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

4. What does Song say is one of a Westerner's favorite fantasies?
(a) The submissive Oriental woman with the cruel white man.
(b) The submissive Oriental woman and the shy white man.
(c) The meek husband and the brave Oriental wife.
(d) The submissive white women with the cruel Oriental man.

5. What does Song claim she has given to Gallimard?
(a) Her shame.
(b) Her love.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in Gallimard's dream in Scene 9?

2. What is Gallimard sick of hearing about the Chinese culture?

3. What didn't Gallimard like about Song's second letter?

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

5. In what year does Scene 12 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Song seem to feel when compared to Western women? How does this relate to her own education and upbringing?

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

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

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

5. How does the character of Comrade Chin view Song's actions for the government?

6. How does the Chinese opera differ from the performance Gallimard saw at the ambassador's house?

7. Why does Gallimard want Song to say she is his Butterfly?

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

9. Why is Song's invitation to for Gallimardto enter her apartment so serious for her?

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

(see the answer keys)

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