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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?
(a) To give advice.
(b) To type and file his legal papers.
(c) To listen to him.
(d) To keep his press clippings.

2. How does Amir’s boss Mort think he can lower his cholesterol?
(a) By changing his diet.
(b) By meditating.
(c) By surgery.
(d) With drugs.

3. Who does Amir guess Isaac has been reading, in order to get his knowledge of Islam?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Hafiz.
(c) Orhan Pamuk.
(d) Mahmoud Darwish.

4. Whose side does Abe say he is on, in the conflict between Islam and the West?
(a) Artists.
(b) Americans.
(c) Muslims.
(d) His own.

5. What crime does Amir say the Quran condones?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Theft from infidels.
(c) Murder.
(d) Wife beating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Amir say the Quran specifies for people like him, who have renounced their faith?

2. What kind of look does the playwright say Amir gives Emily’s portrait of him, as the play ends?

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

4. What does Amir say he understands people feeling about Muslims who kill and die for their faith?

5. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?

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