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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the effect of the painting over the mantel piece?
(a) Mechanical.
(b) Jarring.
(c) Lustrous.
(d) Precise.
2. How does the playwright characterize Isaac’s looking around while Emily is getting him coffee in Scene Two?
(a) Bold.
(b) Tentative.
(c) Sly.
(d) Intrusive.
3. What does Amir say his relationship with Mort is like?
(a) He is running Mort’s errands.
(b) He is cleaning up Mort’s messes.
(c) He is already doing Mort’s job.
(d) He is handling Mort’s big clients.
4. What investment bank does Emily invoke as an example of philanthropy being good for business?
(a) Morgan Stanley.
(b) Credit Suisse.
(c) Lehman Brothers.
(d) Goldman Sachs.
5. Why does Amir say he never told Emily about Rivkah?
(a) Because he does not want her to hate his mother.
(b) Because his story about Rivkah brings up too much emotion in him.
(c) Because it was always too hard to explain why Rivkah was so important.
(d) Because he does not want her to hate him.
6. What was it about the waiter that made Emily angry?
(a) His drunken belligerence.
(b) The gap between reality and his assumptions.
(c) His sexist assumptions.
(d) His casual rudeness.
7. Who does Amir say Emily should get to pose for this portrait?
(a) His nephew.
(b) Her old boyfriend.
(c) Her brother.
(d) His cousin.
8. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?
(a) Funding Hamas.
(b) Sheltering refugees.
(c) Threatening terrorism.
(d) Advocating insurrection.
9. What is Amir most concerned people will think of his defense of Imam Fareed?
(a) That Amir is not intelligent.
(b) That Amir is a terrorist.
(c) That Amir is anti-American.
(d) That Amir is Muslim.
10. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?
(a) Doors slamming.
(b) A glass smashing.
(c) Amir slamming around.
(d) Cooking sounds.
11. 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) Celebrate and be proud of him.
(c) Disown him for joining a Jewish firm.
(d) Accuse him of selling out.
12. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?
(a) Due process.
(b) Sanitary conditions.
(c) Humane treatment.
(d) Legal counsel.
13. How did Amir’s mother drive home her point about Rivkah to Amir?
(a) She broke his pinky finger.
(b) She locked him out of the house.
(c) She spat in his face.
(d) She had his uncle take him away for a few days.
14. What city is Disgraced set in?
(a) New York.
(b) Bombay.
(c) London.
(d) San Francisco.
15. What neighborhood is Amir and Emily’s apartment in?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Upper west side.
(c) Midtown.
(d) Upper east side.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?
2. How is Disgraced performed?
3. How frequently does Amir say Mort appears at the office?
4. By what name does Amir call Abe?
5. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?
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