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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Song, what does Gallimard shame her with?
(a) His generosity.
(b) His devotion.
(c) His understanding.
(d) His love.

2. What is one of the things about Song that Gallimard considers to be rare?
(a) She sings like a bird.
(b) She will pleasure him.
(c) She listens to him.
(d) She loves him.

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 2 take place?
(a) A prison cell.
(b) The streets of Paris.
(c) Helga's apartment.
(d) Gallimard and Butterfly's flat.

4. Finish Gallimard's sentence: "Oriental women - when they're good they're very good, but when they're bad..."
(a) "...they're Christians."
(b) "...they're women."
(c) "...they're men."
(d) "...they're Americans."

5. What is the name of the baby?
(a) Rene.
(b) Long Dong.
(c) Peepee.
(d) Song.

6. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?
(a) They love the American president.
(b) They do not like Ho Chi Minh.
(c) They love the white people.
(d) They want to be protected by the Vietnamese.

7. What is one of Gallimard's reasons for wanting to see Song naked?
(a) He wantsto shame her.
(b) It will prove her love to him.
(c) He loves her too much to settle for less.
(d) It will remove the last barrier between them.

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

9. In what years does Scene 5 take place?
(a) 1961-1963
(b) 1970-1980
(c) 1986-present day.
(d) 1960-1965

10. Where does Gallimard meet Renee?
(a) A party at the Austrian embassy.
(b) A party at Toulon's home.
(c) A party at Gallimard's home.
(d) A party at the Australian embassy.

11. At what point in the plot does Scene 8 pick up?
(a) Song asked Gallimard to leave Helga.
(b) Song begged Gallimard to marry her.
(c) Song wanted to name the baby Peepee.
(d) When Song announced she was pregnant.

12. Finish the sentence: "We must conserve our strength for the battles..."
(a) "...we know how to battle."
(b) "...we can win."
(c) "...we know of."
(d) "...we can't lose."

13. Who does Comrade Chin report to?
(a) Toulon.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Comrade Kang.
(d) Chairman Mao.

14. What does Toulon find irritating?
(a) France's imperialism.
(b) America's growing angry attitude.
(c) America moving into Vietnam to grab the territory
(d) France's cowardliness.

15. What did Gallimard envision when he walked toward Song to strip her?
(a) Renee.
(b) Pinkerton stalking Butterfly.
(c) Pinkerton leaving Butterfly.
(d) Helga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gallimard's opinion of the baby?

2. How does Song respond when Chin asks how Song came to live in an exalted position?

3. What does Toulon ask Gallimard to do for him in France?

4. What does Gallimard start to call Song after their affair starts?

5. In what year does Scene 8 take place?

(see the answer keys)

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