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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. What neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?

2. How old was Amir when he knew Rivkah?

3. What kind of apartment do Amir and Emily live in?

4. What does Isaac think about Emily’s work now, in Scene Two?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Amir’s religious career developed over the course of his life, according to Abe?

2. What part of the news article about Amir is Amir angry about?

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

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

5. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

6. What is the archetype for Amir Kapoor’s character?

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

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

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

10. 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)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is Disgraced most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the play as a whole? Are there any places where the play seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different play?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Disgraced? For what purposes would you recommend Disgraced, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other play would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Disgraced relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the play, and how would the play contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

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