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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job that Gallimard is promoted to?
(a) Vice-Consul.
(b) President.
(c) Chairman.
(d) Vice-President.

2. What is Song wearing when Gallimard enters her apartment?
(a) A sheer dressing gown.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A full formal dress.
(d) A kimono.

3. In what year does Scene 4 take place?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1947
(c) 1960
(d) Present day.

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

5. In Scene 1, in what city is Gallimard residing?
(a) Beijing, China.
(b) Versailles, France.
(c) Shanghai, China.
(d) Paris, France.

6. Why did Gallimard cease to call on Song?
(a) To feel the rush of power over a woman.
(b) To protect her.
(c) He was afraid of scandal.
(d) He has no interest in her.

7. What does Song say is different about Gallimard that made him stand out in her audience?
(a) He is wearing a tie.
(b) He is French.
(c) He is wearing a hat.
(d) He is a man.

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

9. In the first scene of the play, how old is Gallimard?
(a) 65.
(b) 55.
(c) 39.
(d) 29.

10. What does Gallimard fear when Toulon is talking to him?
(a) He will be fired.
(b) He is going to kill him.
(c) He cannot be saved by love.
(d) He will take Song away from him.

11. What does Song say about the soul of China?
(a) It is unwilling to learn from its mistakes..
(b) It is a forward-thinking society.
(c) It is rooted two thousand years in the past.
(d) It is much older than the soul of France.

12. Who appears in Gallimard's dream in Scene 9?
(a) The magazine model.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Marc.
(d) Pinkerton.

13. What does Gallimard believe about God?
(a) He is all-powerful.
(b) He sees Gallimard's crimes.
(c) He does not exist.
(d) He is a man.

14. In what year does Scene 12 take place?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1963.

15. Who is the American consul character in Madame Butterfly?
(a) Gallimard.
(b) Pinkerton
(c) Sharpless
(d) Suzuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Song's letter does Gallimard quote for her?

2. What is the famous duet that Pinkerton and Sharpless sing together?

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

4. What is Song's full name?

5. In Act 1, Scene 7, when Gallimard is speaking to Helga, what does he say about the Chinese?

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