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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What piece of clothing is Amir missing, as he poses for Emily?
(a) Pants.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Suit jacket.
(d) Boxers.
2. What year is the beginning of the play set in?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2001.
3. How successful was Emily’s last show?
(a) Critics hated it and paintings didn't sell.
(b) Critics hated it, but paintings sold.
(c) Critics loved it and paintings sold well.
(d) Critics liked it but paintings did not sell.
4. How does Amir characterize the subject of the painting Emily is basing her painting on?
(a) A wealthy man.
(b) A slave.
(c) A slave-owner.
(d) A servant.
5. What is Amir’s specialization in law?
(a) Intellectual property.
(b) Real estate and insurance.
(c) Criminal law.
(d) Mergers and acquisitions.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the playwright characterize the tension between Amir and Emily in Isaac’s presence in Scene Two?
2. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?
3. Why does it bother Abe to be called by the name Amir insists on calling him?
4. What authority does Abe refer to, in claiming that he can hide his religion?
5. How old is Emily?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Abe’s arrival tell us about how Amir’s career developed?
2. What do we learn about Amir and Emily’s relationship when Emily tells Amir that she happens to know he “likes it a little fucked up,” meaning that there is something odd about painting him after a painting of a slave (9)?
3. What does Amir think his mother would feel about him making partner?
4. What is Amir’s relationship with the painting his wife’s painting is based on?
5. As seen in Scene 2, what is Isaac’s importance to Emily?
6. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?
7. What is the significance of the stage direction indicating that Amir speaks with a flawless accent?
8. What is the importance of Amir modeling for Emily in boxers below, and a fine shirt and suit jacket above?
9. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?
10. What can we understand about Abe by his appearance when he appears in Amir and Emily’s apartment?
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