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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 does Isaac think about Emily’s work now, in Scene Two?
(a) That Emily is doing important work.
(b) That Emily is on the verge of a breakthrough.
(c) That Emily has convinced some gullible people about the value of her work.
(d) That Emily is overselling the Islamic aspect of her work.

2. What does Emily say corporate philanthropy typically hides?
(a) Insider trading.
(b) Racism.
(c) Greed.
(d) Fraud.

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

4. How does Abe dismiss Amir’s feelings about Islam as a religion?
(a) He says he does not really hate it.
(b) He says it is typical self-loathing.
(c) He says he does not believe him.
(d) He says it is just a phase.

5. How does Amir say his mother would react, if she knew his name was going to be on his law firm?
(a) Disown him for joining a Jewish firm.
(b) Accuse him of selling out.
(c) Celebrate and be proud of him.
(d) Roll in her grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the waiter “a dick” to Amir and Emily (7)?

2. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?

3. Why is Emily concerned about the statue of Siva Mort gave Amir?

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

5. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the importance of Amir modeling for Emily in boxers below, and a fine shirt and suit jacket above?

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

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

5. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

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

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

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

9. 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)?

10. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

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