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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emily say Amir’s mother treated her?
(a) She says that she was open to her.
(b) She says that she was excessively polite with her.
(c) She says that she was hostile to her.
(d) She says that was icily formal with her.

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

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

4. Why does Abe say that Amir is lucky in his name?
(a) Because it could be Christian or Jewish.
(b) Because it is not an uncommon western name.
(c) Because it is not also a dictator’s name.
(d) Because it sounds like emir, which means leader.

5. Who is represented by the statue on the mantel piece?
(a) Ganesh.
(b) Sita.
(c) Maya.
(d) Siva.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily say the pillars and arches in Cordoba almost made Amir want to do?

2. What city is Disgraced set in?

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

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