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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Jory’s feelings about the Muslim veil?
(a) She says it is evil.
(b) She says it is an outdated tribalism.
(c) She says it is a source of pride.
(d) She says it is a sign of dignified faith.

2. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?
(a) She thinks he is admitting his guilt to be so subdued.
(b) She thinks he is justified to be defiant.
(c) She thinks he is asking for trouble, to be angry.
(d) She thinks he is making things worse by trying to be conciliatory.

3. What was it about the waiter that made Emily angry?
(a) His sexist assumptions.
(b) The gap between reality and his assumptions.
(c) His drunken belligerence.
(d) His casual rudeness.

4. How does Emily Amir characterize the subject of the painting she is basing her painting on?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Slave-owner.
(c) Assistant.
(d) Slave.

5. Why was the waiter “a dick” to Amir and Emily (7)?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Insolence.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Islamophobia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Amir just as Emily is trying to defuse a tense conversation about racial profiling in Scene Three?

2. In Scene Three, when discussing art, what does Emily say Islam is still connected to?

3. What does Emily say she feels about Amir’s support for Imam Fareed?

4. What city is Disgraced set in?

5. What is Amir reading aloud from, at the start of Scene Two?

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