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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abe dismiss Amir’s feelings about Islam as a religion?
(a) He says it is typical self-loathing.
(b) He says he does not believe him.
(c) He says it is just a phase.
(d) He says he does not really hate it.

2. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?
(a) She thinks he is making a questionable legal claim.
(b) She thinks he is standing up for what is right.
(c) She thinks he is putting his career in jeopardy.
(d) She thinks he is overdoing it by showing up in court.

3. Who is represented by the statue on the mantel piece?
(a) Maya.
(b) Siva.
(c) Sita.
(d) Ganesh.

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

5. How does the text Amir reads from in Scene Two characterize the group of attorneys surrounding Imam Fareed?
(a) A gaggle.
(b) A gauntlet.
(c) A wisdom.
(d) A murder.

6. Why does Abe say that Amir is lucky in his name?
(a) Because it sounds like emir, which means leader.
(b) Because it could be Christian or Jewish.
(c) Because it is not an uncommon western name.
(d) Because it is not also a dictator’s name.

7. What are the aspects of Islam that Emily sees value in?
(a) Laws and regulations.
(b) Philosophy and mysticism.
(c) Tradition and heritage.
(d) Beauty and wisdom.

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

9. How did Amir’s mother drive home her point about Rivkah to Amir?
(a) She spat in his face.
(b) She had his uncle take him away for a few days.
(c) She locked him out of the house.
(d) She broke his pinky finger.

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

11. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?
(a) Humane treatment.
(b) Sanitary conditions.
(c) Legal counsel.
(d) Due process.

12. Why does it bother Abe to be called by the name Amir insists on calling him?
(a) Abe does not want to be reminded of his family back home.
(b) Abe does not want Emily to know he had changed his name.
(c) Abe wants to be more Americanized.
(d) Abe wants to honor his father with his new name.

13. How does Amir characterize the subject of the painting Emily is basing her painting on?
(a) A slave.
(b) A servant.
(c) A wealthy man.
(d) A slave-owner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the text Amir is reading in Scene Two describe his speech?

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

4. How does Emily say Amir’s mother treated her?

5. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?

(see the answer keys)

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