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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpless say will be engraved on Pinkerton's tombstone?

3. What it the setting of Scene 6?

4. How large is Gallimard's cell?

5. What does Song tell Gallimard she feels about his presence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gallimard want to see Song fully naked?

2. Why does Song speak in Italian at the end of Act 1?

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

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

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

6. Why does Helga want Gallimard to visit the doctor? How do their wants differ in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

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

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

10. What is Gallimard's relationship with Marc?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Renee is the young and beautiful student that Gallimard carries on an "extra extramarital affair" with. She differs greatly from every other female character in the play. Write an essay on the relationship Gallimard has with Renee and her importance within the structure of his story.

1. How is Renee characterized during her first meeting with Gallimard? How comfortable is she with her personality and her sexuality?

2. What is Gallimard's reason for carrying on this affair? How does he feel about Renee?

3. Why do you believe Hwang chose for this character to have the same first name as Gallimard?

Essay Topic 2

Song creates an involved web of lies to trap Gallimard. Song portrays little regard for the lives of others.

1. What are Song's major characteristics? How do those characteristics develop and change as the plot goes on?

2. What are some of the tactics Song uses to get what she wants? How do her needs change?

3. What are Song's motives behind her entrapment of Gallimard? Personal? Political? Do her ethics ever conflict with her goals?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the theme of parenthood in the play.

1. Why does Helga want to have a baby? Why does she want Gallimard to see a doctor? Why is there conflict over this?

2. Does Gallimard want to be a father? Why or why not?

3. What are Song's motives for "mothering" Gallimard's child? How does introducing a baby change the stakes for Gallimard and Song?

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