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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chemical is fueling Amir’s behavior at the dinner in Scene Three?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Amphetamines.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Caffeine.

2. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene Three?
(a) Going on strike at their firm.
(b) Working to drive Mort out of their firm.
(c) Going into business together.
(d) Changing their firm’s focus.

3. What work of Emily’s does Amir say he prefers to the portrait of him?
(a) Figure drawings.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) City scenes.

4. What is the only world Amir say the Quran makes sense in?
(a) The worker’s paradise of the future.
(b) The modern city.
(c) The slums.
(d) The seventh-century desert.

5. How does Jory say Isaac feels about her cooking?
(a) Encouraging.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Teacherly.
(d) Not supportive.

6. What kind of offer is Jory entertaining from Credit Suisse?
(a) Employment.
(b) Drinks after work.
(c) Settlement on a case.
(d) Joining a corporate board.

7. How does Isaac characterize Amir’s feelings for Emily, while Amir and Jory are at the store?
(a) He says that Amir is her assistant, pretending to be the master.
(b) He says that Amir thinks she is more talented than she is.
(c) He says that Amir wishes she could erase his race and religion.
(d) He says that Amir is the slave who has won the master’s wife.

8. Who calls Amir just as Emily is trying to defuse a tense conversation about racial profiling in Scene Three?
(a) Tariq.
(b) Mort.
(c) Steven.
(d) Abe.

9. How does Amir say Muslims react to the pain of living?
(a) They turn it over and consider it from every angle.
(b) They submit.
(c) They deny their trials through faith.
(d) They look to see what they can get from raids.

10. In Scene Four, what does Abe say is the one thing he can count on with Amir?
(a) That he will only help at the last moment.
(b) The he will not even be able to help himself.
(c) That he will turn his back on his people.
(d) That he will be there in the end.

11. In Scene Three, what does Isaac say Amir is full of?
(a) Deceptions.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Righteousness.
(d) Self-loathing.

12. What does Emily say Amir is, when he says he is her personal Moor?
(a) She says he is her muse.
(b) She says he is her angel.
(c) She says he is her slave.
(d) She says he is her inspiration.

13. What idea does Isaac want to hold out as a unifying concept humanity can rally around?
(a) Peace and love.
(b) The good life.
(c) Justice.
(d) Equality under the law.

14. How does the playwright say this thing breaking at the beginning of Scene Three makes Amir feel?
(a) Fierce.
(b) On edge.
(c) Violent.
(d) Soothed.

15. What is Amir drinking in Scene Three, that he offers some to Isaac?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Abe’s wardrobe different when he enters in Scene Four than it was when he entered in Scene One?

2. How does Emily combat her husband’s disdain for Islam?

3. Whose side does Abe say he is on, in the conflict between Islam and the West?

4. Why does Amir say he changed his name?

5. What was Amir’s name before he changed it to Kapoor?

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