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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily say the pillars and arches in Cordoba almost made Amir want to do?
(a) Renounce America.
(b) Move home to Pakistan.
(c) Pray.
(d) Convert.

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

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

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

5. How does Akhtar characterize Amir’s English?
(a) Heavy Urdu accent.
(b) Light Urdu accent.
(c) Heavy Bengali accent.
(d) Perfect American accent.

6. By what name does Amir call Abe?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Hussein.
(c) Usama.
(d) Tariq.

7. Who is Rivkah?
(a) Abe’s aunt.
(b) Amir’s grandmother.
(c) Amir’s first crush.
(d) Emily’s sister.

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

9. What kind of apartment do Amir and Emily live in?
(a) Ornate.
(b) Modern.
(c) Spare.
(d) Lush.

10. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?
(a) She thinks he is making things worse by trying to be conciliatory.
(b) She thinks he is justified to be defiant.
(c) She thinks he is admitting his guilt to be so subdued.
(d) She thinks he is asking for trouble, to be angry.

11. How is Disgraced performed?
(a) With intermissions after each scene.
(b) With one long intermission and two short ones.
(c) With one intermission.
(d) Without intermission.

12. Where is Isaac a curator?
(a) The Whitney Museum.
(b) The Guggenheim Museum.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(d) The Museum of Modern Art.

13. How old is Isaac?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 55.
(d) 50.

14. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?
(a) Buyer.
(b) Seller.
(c) Contractor.
(d) Adviser.

15. How does the playwright characterize Isaac’s looking around while Emily is getting him coffee in Scene Two?
(a) Bold.
(b) Intrusive.
(c) Sly.
(d) Tentative.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much time has gone by between Scene One and Scene Two?

4. What city is Disgraced set in?

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

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