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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene Two, why is Amir irritated with Emily when Isaac comes in?

2. How does Amir’s boss Mort think he can lower his cholesterol?

3. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?

4. Why does Abe want Amir to help Imam Fareed?

5. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does “submission” factor into Islamic art, according to Emily in her discussion with Isaac?

2. How has Isaac’s mind recently changed about Emily’s work, as seen in Scene 2?

3. What do we learn about Emily when Amir tells her that she should have her black Spanish boyfriend sit for her?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do we learn about Amir’s career when the phone rings, interrupting the painting session?

10. What is Amir’s relationship with the painting his wife’s painting is based on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the ending of Disgraced. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the audience for Disgraced? What is the ideal reader for Disgraced likely to think about the play’s main topics? How does this play try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

How would you rewrite Disgraced, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What parts of the play would you preserve? What parts would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

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