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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Amir call to look for help for Abe in Scene Four?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Mort.
(c) Ken.
(d) Steven.
2. How does the playwright say this thing breaking at the beginning of Scene Three makes Amir feel?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Violent.
(c) On edge.
(d) Soothed.
3. How does Amir say Muslims react to the pain of living?
(a) They submit.
(b) They turn it over and consider it from every angle.
(c) They look to see what they can get from raids.
(d) They deny their trials through faith.
4. In Scene Three, what does Isaac say Amir is full of?
(a) Righteousness.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Deceptions.
5. What does Emily send Amir out for, after calling him into the kitchen to get him to tone down his rhetoric?
(a) Bottled water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Champagne.
6. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene Three?
(a) Working to drive Mort out of their firm.
(b) Going on strike at their firm.
(c) Changing their firm’s focus.
(d) Going into business together.
7. In Scene Three, why does Emily say Amir spoke up for Imam Fareed?
(a) His tribal loyalty.
(b) He owed Abe’s mother a favor.
(c) He couldn't stand the injustice of the imam’s arrest.
(d) He did it for her sake.
8. What is Amir doing when Scene Four opens?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Packing.
9. What work of Emily’s does Amir say he prefers to the portrait of him?
(a) Figure drawings.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) City scenes.
10. How does Isaac characterize Amir’s approach to airline security?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Defiance.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Compliance.
11. Why does Amir say he changed his name?
(a) His first marriage.
(b) Entering practice.
(c) Immigration to the U.S.
(d) Identity theft.
12. What did Tariq say that got the barista to call the police?
(a) That all infidels would ultimately submit to Allah.
(b) That America deserved what it was going to get.
(c) That Americans deserved to be beheaded.
(d) That Muslims would one day rule the world.
13. What does Emily say Amir is, when he says he is her personal Moor?
(a) She says he is her muse.
(b) She says he is her inspiration.
(c) She says he is her slave.
(d) She says he is her angel.
14. What does Isaac say about Islam, when he is talking about Emily’s work in Scene Three?
(a) That it is the best way to save western art from individualism.
(b) That it is waiting to be discovered.
(c) That it is full of hope and progress.
(d) That it is rich and universal.
15. What punishment does Amir say the Quran specifies for people like him, who have renounced their faith?
(a) Death.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Exile.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Emily get the recipe for the salad she serves in Scene Three?
2. How does the playwright characterize Jory’s appearance?
3. What does Amir say he understands people feeling about Muslims who kill and die for their faith?
4. Why does Emily say she does not like the work Amir prefers to her present work?
5. What does Jory say she remembers of the Quran, from reading it in college?
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