M. Butterfly M. Butterfly Overview Quiz
by David Henry Hwang

Question 1

What do Communist party officials demand that Song renounce?

• Homosexuality
• Americans
• Acting
• Democracy

Question 2

What does Toulan let slip?

• That Gallimard is married
• That he knows Song is a man
• That the club is on the take
• That he knows Gallimard has a mistress

Question 3

Where do all the scenes take place?

• In New York
• In Japan
• In Gallimard's mind
• In M. Butterfly's mind

Question 4

Where is Gallimard as the play opens?

• Teaching a singing class
• In prison
• On stage at the Met
• Backstage at the Sydney Opera House

Question 5

Why is Gallimard's advice ultimately proven wrong?

• It was based on stereotypes of Orientals
• He was deliberately lying
• The person who took the advice waited too long to act on it
• He had faulty intelligence

Question 6

What erroneous claim does Chin repeatedly make?

• "Americans know best."
• "Communism is dead!"
• "The Americans will never bomb Vietnam!"
• "There are no homosexuals in China!"

Question 7

When does Pinkerton tell his bride he will return ?

• When he can be "assured of her fidelity"
• "When the robins nest"
• "When the cherry blossoms appear"
• When he has "secured their fortune"

Question 8

Why does Helga want Gallimard to go to the doctor?

• Because of the numbness in his left arm
• Because he has erectile dysfunction
• Because they cannot conceive a child
• For his horrible headaches

Question 9

With whom does Gallimard have an affair, much to the distress of Song?

• Jing-mei
• Renee
• Helena
• Rachel

Question 10

Where does Song want to raise the child?

• America
• China
• Hong Kong
• Vietnam