M. Butterfly Quizzes

M. Butterfly Quiz 1

1 When was the play originally produced?
2017

1988

1996

1977
2 When was it revived on Broadway?
2007

1998

2019

2017
3 Who wrote the play?
Young Jean Lee

David Henry Hwang

Chay Yew

Tom Stoppard
4 Which opera is the play deconstructing?
Madame Butterfly

Le Nozze di Figaro

Carmen

La Boheme
5 Who composed the opera?
Bellini

Bartok

Puccini

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

A true story

A novel

A song from China
7 Which prize did the play win?
Drama Desk Award for Best Actress

None

Tony Award for Best Play

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
8 Who played Gallimard in the original production?
John Lithgow

Donald Sutherland

Clive Owen

Jeremy Irons
9 Who played Song in the original production?
John Lithgow

Lucy Liu

Lou Diamond Phillips

BD Wong
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

John Dexter

Julie Taymor

David Henry Hwang
13 Where does the play begin?
An American boardroom

A Broadway theater

A French prison

A Beijing brothel
14 How old is Gallimard at the start of the play?
56

65

44

68
15 What is Song's profession?
Journalist

Prostitute

Politician

Actor
16 Where is Gallimard from?
Hamburg

Brussels

Paris

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

3 by 4 meters

7 by 12 meters

8 by 5 meters
18 Why is Gallimard a celebrity?
Because he killed his lover, a geisha

Because he fell in love with a man without knowing

Because he is a famous writer

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

1897

1910

1878
20 Where did the opera premiere?
Paris

Berlin

New York

Milan
21 Who is the hero of Madama Butterfly?
Figaro

Enjoulras

Madame Butterfly

Pinkerton
22 For how much money does Pinkerton purchase Butterfly?
75 yen

200 yen

50 yen

100 yen
23 Where is Pinkerton's home?
Oklahoma City

Milwaukee

St. Louis

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

The Sorbonne

Ecole Nationale

Harvard

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