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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 neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Midtown.
(c) Upper east side.
(d) Upper west side.

2. What year is the beginning of the play set in?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2001.

3. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?
(a) Adviser.
(b) Seller.
(c) Contractor.
(d) Buyer.

4. In Scene Two, what did Isaac think about Emily’s work last weekend?
(a) That as a white woman, she had no right to Islamic art.
(b) That she was trying to discover something everyone already knew about.
(c) That as a white woman, she was risking her career wasting her time on Islamic art.
(d) That she was making an unimportant historical point.

5. How did Isaac get to Amir and Emily’s apartment?
(a) Down Broadway.
(b) Up Madison.
(c) Down Lexington.
(d) Up Seventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it about the incident with the waiter that made Emily think of the Velázquez painting?

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

3. Where does Abe say Amir was born?

4. How does Amir say his mother would react, if she knew his name was going to be on his law firm?

5. How did Amir’s mother drive home her point about Rivkah to Amir?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

3. What contradiction does Amir identify in Emily’s feelings about him and his responsibilities?

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. What does Amir think his mother would feel about him making partner?

7. How has Emily’s family handled her choice of men?

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

9. What is Amir’s relationship with Mort like?

10. What does Abe mean when he says that Amir had to go “the other way” for a while (15)?

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