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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. By what name does Amir call Abe?
(a) Usama.
(b) Tariq.
(c) Hussein.
(d) Abdullah.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. What does Isaac think about Emily’s work now, in Scene Two?
(a) That Emily is doing important work.
(b) That Emily has convinced some gullible people about the value of her work.
(c) That Emily is overselling the Islamic aspect of her work.
(d) That Emily is on the verge of a breakthrough.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?

3. To what does Amir attribute his antipathy to Islam?

4. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily mean when she invokes Goldman Sachs in the discussion about the imam?

2. Explain the difference between earnestness and irony as Emily describes it in her discussion with Isaac.

3. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

4. How does Abe’s arrival tell us about how Amir’s career developed?

5. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?

6. What can we understand about Abe by his appearance when he appears in Amir and Emily’s apartment?

7. What is the significance of the stage direction indicating that Amir speaks with a flawless accent?

8. As seen in Scene 2, what is Isaac’s importance to Emily?

9. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

10. What does the stage set tell us about the social class Amir Kapoor and Emily Hughes-Kapoor are in?

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