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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaac claim to have done then immediately confess he did not do?
(a) Fish for trout in the Apennines.
(b) Fight in Desert Storm.
(c) Visit Tunisia.
(d) Run with the bulls in Pamplona.

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

3. How does Isaac explain Jory’s promotion over Amir?
(a) The partners are racists.
(b) Jory was billing twice as many hours as Amir.
(c) Amir’s hostile feelings were off-putting to clients.
(d) The partners like her but not him.

4. How does the playwright describe the state of Amir’s soul?
(a) Wounded.
(b) Sick and weak.
(c) Crippled.
(d) Beaten.

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

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

7. What does Amir say about Emily approaching him the way she does in Scene Three?
(a) That it does not help.
(b) That he is still too on edge from work.
(c) That he sees how she loves him.
(d) That it is just a matter of time till he feels better.

8. What punishment does Amir say the Quran specifies for people like him, who have renounced their faith?
(a) Exile.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Death.

9. Where does Scene Three open?
(a) The dining room table.
(b) The terrace.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The hallway.

10. In Scene Three, what does Amir say Steven was trying to ascertain?
(a) Whether Amir had likely ties to terrorists.
(b) Whether Amir had misrepresented himself to the firm.
(c) Whether Amir was a loyal American.
(d) Whether Amir would have known Imam Fareed from south Asia.

11. What religion does Isaac say is similar to Islam?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Scientology.

12. In Scene Three, when discussing art, what does Emily say Islam is still connected to?
(a) Its roots in primitive religion.
(b) The earth.
(c) A less personal perspective.
(d) The divine.

13. What is Amir’s approach to airline security?
(a) He wears his most expensive clothes.
(b) He offers himself to be searched.
(c) He makes eye contact and reassuring glances at security.
(d) He does not fly.

14. How is Amir acting toward Emily, as she is leaving?
(a) Contrite.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Furious.
(d) Distraught.

15. How does Emily combat her husband’s disdain for Islam?
(a) Putting his statements in historical context.
(b) Talking about various sects’ interpretations.
(c) Parsing definitions of key terms.
(d) Citing counter-examples from well-known imams.

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 Jory say Isaac feels about her cooking?

3. What is Jory’s race?

4. In Scene Four, what does Abe say is the one thing he can count on with Amir?

5. What is the title Emily has taken from the book Isaac recommended?

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