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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it about the incident with the waiter that made Emily think of the Velázquez painting?
(a) The formal composition of representing the downtrodden.
(b) The shared sufferings of Amir and Juan de Pareja.
(c) The lack of interest in a person’s internal experience.
(d) The difference between its subject and its reception.

2. Why does Abe want Amir to help Imam Fareed?
(a) Because the imam’s legal team does not have any Muslims.
(b) Because he needs help translating the imam’s letters from prison.
(c) Because Amir was his friend once.
(d) Because he knows Amir’s expertise will bolster the legal team.

3. How old is Emily?
(a) Late 20s.
(b) Early 30s.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Early 40s.

4. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?
(a) The partners have much more experience than he does.
(b) The partners came from much more prestigious law firms than he did.
(c) The partners are mostly Jewish.
(d) He came from a much more prestigious background than most of the other partners.

5. What is Amir most concerned people will think of his defense of Imam Fareed?
(a) That Amir is not intelligent.
(b) That Amir is a terrorist.
(c) That Amir is anti-American.
(d) That Amir is Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect of the painting over the mantel piece?

2. How does Amir say his mother would react, if she knew his name was going to be on his law firm?

3. Why does it bother Abe to be called by the name Amir insists on calling him?

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

5. How does Amir’s boss Mort think he can lower his cholesterol?

(see the answer key)

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