M. Butterfly Quizzes

M. Butterfly Quiz 1

1 When was the play originally produced?

1988

1977

2017

1996
2 When was it revived on Broadway?

2019

1998

2007

2017
3 Who wrote the play?

Chay Yew

Tom Stoppard

David Henry Hwang

Young Jean Lee
4 Which opera is the play deconstructing?

Le Nozze di Figaro

La Boheme

Carmen

Madame Butterfly
5 Who composed the opera?

Bartok

Bellini

Puccini

Donizetti
6 What is the story based on?

The opera Madama Butterfly

A true story

A song from China

A novel
7 Which prize did the play win?

Tony Award for Best Play

Drama Desk Award for Best Actress

None

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

Donald Sutherland

Jeremy Irons

John Lithgow

Clive Owen
9 Who played Song in the original production?

Lucy Liu

John Lithgow

BD Wong

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

Francis Ford Coppola

Brian De Palma

David Cronenberg

Jane Campion
11 Who directed the revival of the play?

Trevor Nunn

Trip Cullman

George C. Wolfe

Julie Taymor
12 Who directed the original production?

David Henry Hwang

John Dexter

Julie Taymor

Stuart Ostrow
13 Where does the play begin?

A Beijing brothel

A Broadway theater

A French prison

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

44

65

68

56
15 What is Song's profession?

Prostitute

Politician

Actor

Journalist
16 Where is Gallimard from?

Paris

Hamburg

Brussels

New York
17 How big is Gallimard's cell?

8 by 5 meters

3 by 4 meters

4.5 by 5 meters

7 by 12 meters
18 Why is Gallimard a celebrity?

Because he killed his lover, a geisha

Because he is so ugly

Because he fell in love with a man without knowing

Because he is a famous writer
19 When did the opera Madama Butterfly premiere?

1904

1897

1910

1878
20 Where did the opera premiere?

Paris

Milan

Berlin

New York
21 Who is the hero of Madama Butterfly?

Pinkerton

Figaro

Madame Butterfly

Enjoulras
22 For how much money does Pinkerton purchase Butterfly?

200 yen

75 yen

100 yen

50 yen
23 Where is Pinkerton's home?

New York City

St. Louis

Oklahoma City

Milwaukee
24 Who is Marc?

Gallimard's friend from school

Gallimard's brother

Gallimard's cousin, who got him his job

Gallimard's boyfriend from college
25 Where did Gallimard and Marc study?

Oxford

The Sorbonne

Harvard

Ecole Nationale

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