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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the text Amir is reading in Scene Two describe his speech?
(a) Belligerent.
(b) Critical.
(c) Eloquent.
(d) Accusatory.

2. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?
(a) Threatening terrorism.
(b) Sheltering refugees.
(c) Funding Hamas.
(d) Advocating insurrection.

3. What does Isaac appreciate about Islamic art now, in Scene Two?
(a) Its earnestness.
(b) Its patterns within patterns.
(c) Its subtlety.
(d) Its feminine influences.

4. How does the playwright characterize Isaac’s looking around while Emily is getting him coffee in Scene Two?
(a) Sly.
(b) Bold.
(c) Intrusive.
(d) Tentative.

5. What year is the beginning of the play set in?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2001.

6. Why does Abe say that Amir is lucky in his name?
(a) Because it is not an uncommon western name.
(b) Because it sounds like emir, which means leader.
(c) Because it could be Christian or Jewish.
(d) Because it is not also a dictator’s name.

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

8. How does the text Amir reads from in Scene Two characterize the group of attorneys surrounding Imam Fareed?
(a) A wisdom.
(b) A murder.
(c) A gauntlet.
(d) A gaggle.

9. Who suggested Emily visit the Frieze art fair in London?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Her dealer.
(c) Amir.
(d) Jory.

10. What does Emily say Imam Fareed allowed her to do?
(a) Eat with his family.
(b) Preach from his pulpit.
(c) Sketch in his mosque.
(d) Read from his mosque’s library.

11. How does Abe dismiss Amir’s feelings about Islam as a religion?
(a) He says it is typical self-loathing.
(b) He says it is just a phase.
(c) He says he does not really hate it.
(d) He says he does not believe him.

12. In Scene Two, why is Amir irritated with Emily when Isaac comes in?
(a) She is keeping him from an appointment.
(b) Her view of him is too romanticized.
(c) She is so focused on Isaac coming that she is not listening to him.
(d) She is not taking his feelings seriously.

13. How did Isaac get to Amir and Emily’s apartment?
(a) Up Madison.
(b) Down Lexington.
(c) Down Broadway.
(d) Up Seventh.

14. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?
(a) The partners came from much more prestigious law firms than he did.
(b) The partners have much more experience than he does.
(c) He came from a much more prestigious background than most of the other partners.
(d) The partners are mostly Jewish.

15. What does Emily say the pillars and arches in Cordoba almost made Amir want to do?
(a) Renounce America.
(b) Pray.
(c) Convert.
(d) Move home to Pakistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently does Amir say Mort appears at the office?

2. Which western artist does Emily point to as someone whose work was influenced by Islamic art?

3. What class are Amir and Emily in, based on their furnishings?

4. What does Emily suggest Amir do, to put his mind at ease in Scene Two?

5. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?

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