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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it bother Abe to be called by the name Amir insists on calling him?
(a) Abe wants to honor his father with his new name.
(b) Abe does not want to be reminded of his family back home.
(c) Abe wants to be more Americanized.
(d) Abe does not want Emily to know he had changed his name.

2. What does Amir say his relationship with Mort is like?
(a) He is handling Mort’s big clients.
(b) He is already doing Mort’s job.
(c) He is running Mort’s errands.
(d) He is cleaning up Mort’s messes.

3. Why does Amir say he never told Emily about Rivkah?
(a) Because he does not want her to hate his mother.
(b) Because it was always too hard to explain why Rivkah was so important.
(c) Because his story about Rivkah brings up too much emotion in him.
(d) Because he does not want her to hate him.

4. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?
(a) She thinks he is admitting his guilt to be so subdued.
(b) She thinks he is making things worse by trying to be conciliatory.
(c) She thinks he is justified to be defiant.
(d) She thinks he is asking for trouble, to be angry.

5. What neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?
(a) Upper west side.
(b) Midtown.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Upper east side.

6. Where did Amir start his law career?
(a) Criminal prosecutor.
(b) Public defender.
(c) Corporate finance law.
(d) Environmental activist.

7. What is Amir’s specialization in law?
(a) Real estate and insurance.
(b) Mergers and acquisitions.
(c) Criminal law.
(d) Intellectual property.

8. What was it about the incident with the waiter that made Emily think of the Velázquez painting?
(a) The lack of interest in a person’s internal experience.
(b) The difference between its subject and its reception.
(c) The formal composition of representing the downtrodden.
(d) The shared sufferings of Amir and Juan de Pareja.

9. What does Emily say she feels about Amir’s support for Imam Fareed?
(a) She is excited for his job prospects now.
(b) She is proud of him.
(c) She is nervous for him.
(d) She is scared that this is just the beginning of his political involvement.

10. What piece of clothing is Amir missing, as he poses for Emily?
(a) Pants.
(b) Suit jacket.
(c) Boxers.
(d) Shirt.

11. Who is Rivkah?
(a) Abe’s aunt.
(b) Amir’s first crush.
(c) Amir’s grandmother.
(d) Emily’s sister.

12. How long has Imam Fareed been in prison, by the end of Scene One?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) More than a year.
(d) Four months.

13. What investment bank does Emily invoke as an example of philanthropy being good for business?
(a) Credit Suisse.
(b) Goldman Sachs.
(c) Lehman Brothers.
(d) Morgan Stanley.

14. What does Amir say his mother said about white women?
(a) That they are all insecure.
(b) That they have no respect.
(c) That they don’t know their own minds.
(d) That they are not good wives.

15. What was it about the waiter that made Emily angry?
(a) The gap between reality and his assumptions.
(b) His sexist assumptions.
(c) His casual rudeness.
(d) His drunken belligerence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene One, what is Amir nervous Paolo will do?

2. In Scene Two, why is Amir irritated with Emily when Isaac comes in?

3. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?

4. How does Amir characterize the subject of the painting Emily is basing her painting on?

5. By what name does Amir call Abe?

(see the answer keys)

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