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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?
(a) She thinks he is standing up for what is right.
(b) She thinks he is overdoing it by showing up in court.
(c) She thinks he is putting his career in jeopardy.
(d) She thinks he is making a questionable legal claim.

2. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?
(a) To give advice.
(b) To listen to him.
(c) To type and file his legal papers.
(d) To keep his press clippings.

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

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

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

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

7. What law does Amir say he would need to have experience with, to defend Imam Fareed?
(a) The Patriot Act.
(b) Glass-Steagall.
(c) The Money Laundering Control Act.
(d) McCain-Feingold.

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

9. What authority does Abe refer to, in claiming that he can hide his religion?
(a) The Quran.
(b) The Bible.
(c) His imam.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

13. How does Amir say his mother would react, if she knew his name was going to be on his law firm?
(a) Celebrate and be proud of him.
(b) Accuse him of selling out.
(c) Disown him for joining a Jewish firm.
(d) Roll in her grave.

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

15. Who does Amir say brought about the studio visit from Isaac in Scene Two?
(a) Steven.
(b) Mort.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Amir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?

2. What does Amir think will cause readers of the text he is reading to will look at, and jump to conclusions about him?

3. Why was the waiter “a dick” to Amir and Emily (7)?

4. What does Emily say the pillars and arches in Cordoba almost made Amir want to do?

5. How does Akhtar characterize Amir’s English?

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