M. Butterfly Quiz

"Self and Other"

Who can we safely say identifies as the "SELF" role for the majority of the playwright?

• Helga

• Song

• Gallimard

• A Tomato

Who Said It?

"Not like American girls. It's true what they say about Oriental girls. They want to be treated bad!"

(Page 6)

• The Judge

• Song

• Toulon

• Pinkerton

At the end of the story, Song enters the court room wearing a "well-cut suit."

What does this act most likely represent?

• He has lots of money and is representing "wealth."

• He may be using masculinity as a means of "mimicry."

• He wore a suit to prove to everyone that he owns a suit.

• He is a classy lad.

Who Said It?

“But as she glides past him, beautiful, laughing softly behind her fan, don’t we who are men sigh with hope? We, who are not handsome, not brave, nor powerful, yet somehow believe, like Pinkerton, that we deserve a Butterfly.”

(Page 10)

• Jay Gatsby

• PeePee

• Gallimard

• Sharpless

When Gallimard takes his own life, Song, in men’s clothing, stands over him asking, “Butterfly? Butterfly?” (Page 93)

What is the significance of this scene?

• It shows Song felt remorse for their lost lover.

• It shows flipping of the binary.

• It shows Song can’t tell human and insects apart.

• It shows the Ideology of Orientalism.

Song: “It’s one of your favorite fantasies, isn’t it? The submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man.” (Page 17)

This quote is a great example of_?

• Commodity

• Mockery

• Structuralism

• Strawberries

Song: "Basically, 'Her mouth says no, but her eyes say yes.' The West thinks of itself as masculine- big guns, big industry, big money- so the East is feminine- weak, delicate, poor. But good at art, and full of inscrutable wisdom- the feminine mystique.” (Page 83)

This quote can be linked to which three ideas?

• Racism

  Puppies

  Colonialism

• Sexism

  Ideology

  Bubbles

• Feminism

  Devotional Love

  Psychoanalysis

• Racism

  Sexism

  Imperalism

Song: "Please.. it all frightens me. I’m a modest Chinese girl.”

(Page 40)

What is Song demonstrating for Gallimard?

• Masculinity

• Love

• Mimicry

• Honor

Gallimard: “I stopped going to the opera, I didn’t phone or write her. I knew this little flower was waiting for me to call, and, as I wickedly refused to do so, I felt for the first time that rush of power- the absolute power of a man.” (Page 32)

Gallimard is acting as what?

• A "Strong Western Man"

• A Feminist Leader

• A Drag Queen

• A Zebra

Who Said It?

“Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.”

(Page 63)

• Comrade Chin

• Marc

• Song

• Gallimard