M. Butterfly Quizzes

M. Butterfly Quiz 1

1 When was the play originally produced?
1996

1988

1977

2017
2 When was it revived on Broadway?
2019

2017

2007

1998
3 Who wrote the play?
David Henry Hwang

Young Jean Lee

Chay Yew

Tom Stoppard
4 Which opera is the play deconstructing?
Carmen

La Boheme

Le Nozze di Figaro

Madame Butterfly
5 Who composed the opera?
Puccini

Bartok

Bellini

Donizetti
6 What is the story based on?
The opera Madama Butterfly

A novel

A song from China

A true story
7 Which prize did the play win?
Tony Award for Best Play

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

None

Drama Desk Award for Best Actress
8 Who played Gallimard in the original production?
Jeremy Irons

Clive Owen

John Lithgow

Donald Sutherland
9 Who played Song in the original production?
John Lithgow

BD Wong

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lucy Liu
10 Who directed the film adaptation of the play?
Brian De Palma

Jane Campion

David Cronenberg

Francis Ford Coppola
11 Who directed the revival of the play?
Julie Taymor

George C. Wolfe

Trevor Nunn

Trip Cullman
12 Who directed the original production?
David Henry Hwang

John Dexter

Julie Taymor

Stuart Ostrow
13 Where does the play begin?
A French prison

A Beijing brothel

A Broadway theater

An American boardroom
14 How old is Gallimard at the start of the play?
65

68

44

56
15 What is Song's profession?
Prostitute

Journalist

Politician

Actor
16 Where is Gallimard from?
Brussels

Paris

Hamburg

New York
17 How big is Gallimard's cell?
8 by 5 meters

4.5 by 5 meters

7 by 12 meters

3 by 4 meters
18 Why is Gallimard a celebrity?
Because he is a famous writer

Because he is so ugly

Because he killed his lover, a geisha

Because he fell in love with a man without knowing
19 When did the opera Madama Butterfly premiere?
1904

1910

1878

1897
20 Where did the opera premiere?
Berlin

New York

Milan

Paris
21 Who is the hero of Madama Butterfly?
Pinkerton

Figaro

Enjoulras

Madame Butterfly
22 For how much money does Pinkerton purchase Butterfly?
100 yen

75 yen

50 yen

200 yen
23 Where is Pinkerton's home?
St. Louis

Oklahoma City

Milwaukee

New York City
24 Who is Marc?
Gallimard's boyfriend from college

Gallimard's brother

Gallimard's friend from school

Gallimard's cousin, who got him his job
25 Where did Gallimard and Marc study?
Oxford

Harvard

The Sorbonne

Ecole Nationale

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