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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amir say Imam Fareed tried to get him to do, all the time Amir spent visiting with him in prison?
(a) Send money to his friends.
(b) Pray.
(c) Find technicalities to free him.
(d) Write to his family.

2. What did Amir’s mother promise to do if Amir brought Rivkah to their home?
(a) Break his bones.
(b) Exile him from the family.
(c) Call her family.
(d) Feed her a good meal.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the aspects of Islam that Emily sees value in?

2. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?

3. What authority does Abe refer to, in claiming that he can hide his religion?

4. What does Amir say his relationship with Mort is like?

5. What law does Amir say he would need to have experience with, to defend Imam Fareed?

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