M. Butterfly Quizzes

M. Butterfly Quiz 1

1 When was the play originally produced?
1988

1977

1996

2017
2 When was it revived on Broadway?
2017

1998

2019

2007
3 Who wrote the play?
Chay Yew

Tom Stoppard

Young Jean Lee

David Henry Hwang
4 Which opera is the play deconstructing?
Madame Butterfly

La Boheme

Carmen

Le Nozze di Figaro
5 Who composed the opera?
Puccini

Donizetti

Bellini

Bartok
6 What is the story based on?
A song from China

A novel

The opera Madama Butterfly

A true story
7 Which prize did the play win?
Drama Desk Award for Best Actress

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tony Award for Best Play

None
8 Who played Gallimard in the original production?
Jeremy Irons

John Lithgow

Donald Sutherland

Clive Owen
9 Who played Song in the original production?
John Lithgow

BD Wong

Lucy Liu

Lou Diamond Phillips
10 Who directed the film adaptation of the play?
Jane Campion

Brian De Palma

David Cronenberg

Francis Ford Coppola
11 Who directed the revival of the play?
Trevor Nunn

George C. Wolfe

Julie Taymor

Trip Cullman
12 Who directed the original production?
Stuart Ostrow

David Henry Hwang

John Dexter

Julie Taymor
13 Where does the play begin?
A French prison

A Broadway theater

A Beijing brothel

An American boardroom
14 How old is Gallimard at the start of the play?
44

68

65

56
15 What is Song's profession?
Journalist

Prostitute

Politician

Actor
16 Where is Gallimard from?
Brussels

Paris

New York

Hamburg
17 How big is Gallimard's cell?
4.5 by 5 meters

8 by 5 meters

7 by 12 meters

3 by 4 meters
18 Why is Gallimard a celebrity?
Because he killed his lover, a geisha

Because he is a famous writer

Because he fell in love with a man without knowing

Because he is so ugly
19 When did the opera Madama Butterfly premiere?
1904

1897

1910

1878
20 Where did the opera premiere?
Paris

New York

Milan

Berlin
21 Who is the hero of Madama Butterfly?
Madame Butterfly

Figaro

Pinkerton

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

50 yen

200 yen

75 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 cousin, who got him his job

Gallimard's friend from school

Gallimard's brother
25 Where did Gallimard and Marc study?
Harvard

Ecole Nationale

The Sorbonne

Oxford

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