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

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

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

4. Who does Amir say Emily should get to pose for this portrait?
(a) Her brother.
(b) His nephew.
(c) Her old boyfriend.
(d) His cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Amir call Abe?

2. Why does Abe want Amir to help Imam Fareed?

3. What neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?

4. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?

5. What does Emily say Imam Fareed allowed her to do?

(see the answer key)

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