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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. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?

2. What does Amir say his relationship with Mort is like?

3. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?

4. How does Emily Amir characterize the subject of the painting she is basing her painting on?

5. In Scene One, what is Amir nervous Paolo will do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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)?

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

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

9. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are Amir and Emily tragic figures? What do they lose, and why do they lose it? How do they draw our sympathies out? What new awareness do they arrive at in the end? What new awareness do they bring the audience to?

Essay Topic 2

This play suggests numerous alternative titles, such as Impossible Heroes of A Different Message. Evaluate each one, in terms of how well it would apply to the content of the play, and explain the author’s choice of Disgraced over the others.

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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