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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 kind of apartment do Amir and Emily live in?
(a) Spare.
(b) Lush.
(c) Modern.
(d) Ornate.
2. Why does Amir say he never told Emily about Rivkah?
(a) Because he does not want her to hate his mother.
(b) Because his story about Rivkah brings up too much emotion in him.
(c) Because it was always too hard to explain why Rivkah was so important.
(d) Because he does not want her to hate him.
3. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?
(a) Cooking sounds.
(b) A glass smashing.
(c) Amir slamming around.
(d) Doors slamming.
4. How does Akhtar characterize Emily?
(a) Thin.
(b) Lithe.
(c) Chaste.
(d) Voluptuous.
5. What does Emily say corporate philanthropy typically hides?
(a) Racism.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Greed.
(d) Insider trading.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Disgraced performed?
2. How old is Amir?
3. How does Emily say Amir’s mother treated her?
4. What year is the beginning of the play set in?
5. In Scene Two, what did Isaac think about Emily’s work last weekend?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. What does Emily mean when she invokes Goldman Sachs in the discussion about the imam?
3. What do we learn about Amir’s career when the phone rings, interrupting the painting session?
4. How has Amir’s religious career developed over the course of his life, according to Abe?
5. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?
6. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?
7. How do Amir and Emily think differently about Amir’s position about Imam Fareed?
8. What is the archetype for Amir Kapoor’s character?
9. What does Amir think his mother would feel about him making partner?
10. As seen in Scene 2, what is Isaac’s importance to Emily?
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