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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Song tell Gallimard he was to her?
(a) Her greatest lie.
(b) Her greatest love.
(c) Her greatest acting challenge.
(d) Her only way out of China.

2. What does Song say she has never done before?
(a) Sang for a white person.
(b) Talked to a man.
(c) Invited a man up to her flat.
(d) Thought of any man the way she thinks of Gallimard.

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

4. From what location is Gallimard narrating his story?
(a) His flat in Paris.
(b) A courtroom in Paris.
(c) His flat in Beijing.
(d) A prison cell in Paris.

5. What is Gallimard sick of hearing about the Chinese culture?
(a) That it is old.
(b) That it is submissive.
(c) That it is new.
(d) That is it small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Song say is one of a Westerner's favorite fantasies?

2. What does Song say she wants to do now that her life as an actor is over?

3. What does Gallimard feel about his inability to produce a child?

4. What does Gallimard fear when Toulon is talking to him?

5. What is one reason Song gives for not wanting to marry Gallimard?

(see the answer key)

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