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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law does Amir say he would need to have experience with, to defend Imam Fareed?
(a) The Money Laundering Control Act.
(b) McCain-Feingold.
(c) The Patriot Act.
(d) Glass-Steagall.

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

3. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?
(a) The partners came from much more prestigious law firms than he did.
(b) The partners are mostly Jewish.
(c) The partners have much more experience than he does.
(d) He came from a much more prestigious background than most of the other partners.

4. Who does Amir say brought about the studio visit from Isaac in Scene Two?
(a) Amir.
(b) Mort.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Steven.

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 formal composition of representing the downtrodden.
(c) The difference between its subject and its reception.
(d) The lack of interest in a person’s internal experience.

6. How does Akhtar characterize Emily?
(a) Lithe.
(b) Chaste.
(c) Voluptuous.
(d) Thin.

7. Why does Amir say he never told Emily about Rivkah?
(a) Because it was always too hard to explain why Rivkah was so important.
(b) Because he does not want her to hate him.
(c) Because his story about Rivkah brings up too much emotion in him.
(d) Because he does not want her to hate his mother.

8. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?
(a) Emily is covered in paint.
(b) Amir has just broken a glass.
(c) Amir and Emily are squabbling.
(d) Amir is putting on pants.

9. What authority does Abe refer to, in claiming that he can hide his religion?
(a) The Bible.
(b) His father.
(c) The Quran.
(d) His imam.

10. What does Amir think will cause readers of the text he is reading to will look at, and jump to conclusions about him?
(a) His words.
(b) Imam Fareed’s tone.
(c) His firm.
(d) His name.

11. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?
(a) Amir slamming around.
(b) Doors slamming.
(c) Cooking sounds.
(d) A glass smashing.

12. What does Amir say his mother said about white women?
(a) That they have no respect.
(b) That they are not good wives.
(c) That they don’t know their own minds.
(d) That they are all insecure.

13. How does Amir say his mother would react, if she knew his name was going to be on his law firm?
(a) Roll in her grave.
(b) Accuse him of selling out.
(c) Disown him for joining a Jewish firm.
(d) Celebrate and be proud of him.

14. In Scene Two, why is Amir irritated with Emily when Isaac comes in?
(a) She is not taking his feelings seriously.
(b) She is keeping him from an appointment.
(c) Her view of him is too romanticized.
(d) She is so focused on Isaac coming that she is not listening to him.

15. How does Emily say Velázquez’ Portrait of Juan de Pareja differs from his paintings of kings and queens?
(a) More nuanced.
(b) More caricatured.
(c) Gaudier.
(d) More ornate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amir’s specialization in law?

2. What does Emily say she feels about Amir’s support for Imam Fareed?

3. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?

4. How is Disgraced performed?

5. Where did Amir start his law career?

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