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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. What does Toulon believe about Gallimard?
(a) He is too quiet.
(b) He is tidy and efficient.
(c) He is a passionate man.
(d) He will change the world.

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

3. Where does Scene 13 take place?
(a) The French embassy.
(b) Song's apartment.
(c) Gallimard's home.
(d) The German embassy.

4. How many women has Marc slept with since he got married?
(a) Fourty.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Thirty.

5. What do the three people in Scene 2 think of Gallimard?
(a) They think he is inspiring.
(b) They believe he is not good looking.
(c) They believe he is a handsome man.
(d) They think he is dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gallimard consider himself to be?

2. Why did Gallimard get scared when Isabelle screamed that she was coming?

3. Finish the sentence: "...there's no guarantee of failure in life like ________"

4. Who appears in Gallimard's dream in Scene 9?

5. How long did it take before Gallimard went to see Song perform at the opera house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Helga's opinion on China changed when she and Gallimard return to France?

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

3. Why does Song consider Gallimard her greatest acting challenge?

4. Why did Song take so much care in her first appearance to Gallimard when he finds him in France?

5. What seems to be other people's opinion of Gallimard? Does he reflect that same opinion?

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

7. Why was Song beaten? What were Chin's choices for further punishment for Song?

8. How does Song seem to feel when compared to Western women? How does this relate to her own education and upbringing?

9. Why did Toulon send Gallimard back to France?

10. How does Toulon's view of the Americans and their actions reflect France's opinion of their place in this historic time period?

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