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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene Three?
(a) Working to drive Mort out of their firm.
(b) Changing their firm’s focus.
(c) Going into business together.
(d) Going on strike at their firm.

2. How does Isaac characterize Amir’s feelings for Emily, while Amir and Jory are at the store?
(a) He says that Amir thinks she is more talented than she is.
(b) He says that Amir is her assistant, pretending to be the master.
(c) He says that Amir is the slave who has won the master’s wife.
(d) He says that Amir wishes she could erase his race and religion.

3. What chemical is fueling Amir’s behavior at the dinner in Scene Three?
(a) Amphetamines.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Caffeine.

4. How does Amir justify his feelings about 9/11?
(a) He says that power turns to corruption.
(b) He says that anyone who has seen conditions in the Middle East will feel the same.
(c) He says his feelings are tribal.
(d) He says that justice is elemental.

5. In Scene Three, when discussing art, what does Emily say Islam is still connected to?
(a) The earth.
(b) The divine.
(c) Its roots in primitive religion.
(d) A less personal perspective.

6. When does Emily say western art turned away from things that are bigger than themselves, to focus on individualism?
(a) Modernism.
(b) The early industrial era.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Enlightenment.

7. Where does Amir say he saw a write-up of Emily’s museum show?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Artnews magazine.
(c) The New York Post.
(d) The New York Times.

8. What does Isaac say about Islam, when he is talking about Emily’s work in Scene Three?
(a) That it is rich and universal.
(b) That it is full of hope and progress.
(c) That it is waiting to be discovered.
(d) That it is the best way to save western art from individualism.

9. How does Isaac explain Jory’s promotion over Amir?
(a) Jory was billing twice as many hours as Amir.
(b) The partners like her but not him.
(c) The partners are racists.
(d) Amir’s hostile feelings were off-putting to clients.

10. What idea does Isaac want to hold out as a unifying concept humanity can rally around?
(a) Equality under the law.
(b) Justice.
(c) Peace and love.
(d) The good life.

11. How does Amir characterize Islam to Isaac, when Emily and Jory go to prepare the salad?
(a) As fascist.
(b) As progressive.
(c) As misinterpreted.
(d) As backward.

12. What kind of offer is Jory entertaining from Credit Suisse?
(a) Employment.
(b) Settlement on a case.
(c) Drinks after work.
(d) Joining a corporate board.

13. In Scene Four, what does Abe say is the one thing he can count on with Amir?
(a) That he will be there in the end.
(b) The he will not even be able to help himself.
(c) That he will only help at the last moment.
(d) That he will turn his back on his people.

14. How do Emily and Isaac explain their kiss, when Jory and Amir come back?
(a) They confess to their affair.
(b) They say he was comforting her because she was upset.
(c) They jump apart and only mumble incoherent excuses.
(d) They insist that they were not even touching.

15. What does Isaac say he can almost smell from Emily’s painting of Amir?
(a) Middle Eastern cooking.
(b) The scent of a Spanish market.
(c) His cologne.
(d) The starch on his shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Emily get the recipe for the salad she serves in Scene Three?

2. What does Emily say about her Islamic-influenced work?

3. What is the immediate cause that leads Amir to hit Emily?

4. What has Emily made for dinner for Isaac and Jory in Scene Three?

5. Where has Emily been when she enters Scene Three?

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