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

2. In Madame Butterfly, what are the last words Butterfly sings before she kills herself?
(a) "Death without honor is worse in life. Life is dishonor."
(b) "Death in life is worse than death. Death is life."
(c) "Death with honor is better than life. Life with dishonor."
(d) "Life is no worse than death. This life is dishonor."

3. How much does Pinkerton pay for Butterfly?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 200 dollars.
(c) 200 yen.
(d) 100 yen

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

5. During the Revolution, what signs would hang in the windows of the clubs in Shanghai?
(a) "No dogs or cats."
(b) "Whites only."
(c) "No dogs and Chinamen."
(d) "No women allowed."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gallimard consider himself to be?

2. Where does Scene 8 take place?

3. From what location is Gallimard narrating his story?

4. How does Gallimard describe his meetings with Song after her weekly performances?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Song say that Peepee will never live in the West?

2. What did Song mean when she said the fascination Caucasian men have for Oriental women is always "imperialist?"

3. 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?

4. How does Song's opinion of Madame Butterfly differ from Gallimard's?

5. How does Gallimard look at his marriage? Who did he marry? What did he marry for?

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

7. After seeing Song for the first time on stage, how does Gallimard react to her?

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

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

10. How is the character of Isabelle important?

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