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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which western artist does Emily point to as someone whose work was influenced by Islamic art?
(a) Cezanne.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Klimt.

2. How long has Imam Fareed been in prison, by the end of Scene One?
(a) More than a year.
(b) Four months.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.

3. 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.

4. To what does Amir attribute his antipathy to Islam?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Visceral disgust.
(c) Philosophical reasoning.
(d) Self-loathing.

5. In Scene Two, what did Isaac think about Emily’s work last weekend?
(a) That as a white woman, she had no right to Islamic art.
(b) That as a white woman, she was risking her career wasting her time on Islamic art.
(c) That she was trying to discover something everyone already knew about.
(d) That she was making an unimportant historical point.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful was Emily’s last show?

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

3. How does Emily Amir characterize the subject of the painting she is basing her painting on?

4. What is Amir most concerned people will think of his defense of Imam Fareed?

5. What city is Disgraced set in?

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