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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. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?

3. How much time has gone by between Scene One and Scene Two?

4. Who does Emily know, who worked at this investment bank?

5. What city is Disgraced set in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Amir and Emily think differently about Amir’s position about Imam Fareed?

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

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

5. What does the stage set tell us about the social class Amir Kapoor and Emily Hughes-Kapoor are in?

6. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

7. What was the imam Abe is talking about arrested for?

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

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

10. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of Disgraced. What is this play’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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