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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Jory give Amir for his failure to be promoted?
(a) Amir had offended Mort by declining his invitation for a weekend get-together..
(b) Steven said he was a terrorist.
(c) Jory told Mort and Steven about Amir’s drinking problem.
(d) Mort said that he was duplicitous.

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

3. How does Amir explain his thinking behind his proposition to Jory in Scene Three?
(a) They could make more money elsewhere.
(b) The firm will never get big enough for them.
(c) Mergers and acquisitions is no longer making them money.
(d) Their current firm will never be theirs.

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

5. Where has Emily been when she enters Scene Three?
(a) Zabar’s.
(b) D’Agostino’s.
(c) The Gourmet Garage.
(d) Fairway.

6. What kind of look does the playwright say Amir gives Emily’s portrait of him, as the play ends?
(a) Dejected.
(b) Searing.
(c) Searching.
(d) Miserable.

7. Which of the characters has the quote “if faced with choosing justice or order, I’ll always choose order” (59) taped above a workspace?
(a) Amir.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Jory.
(d) Emily.

8. What is the title Emily has taken from the book Isaac recommended?
(a) A Different Response.
(b) Betrayal and Homecoming.
(c) Impossible Heroes.
(d) Making Art Sacred Again.

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

10. Why does Amir say he changed his name?
(a) His first marriage.
(b) Entering practice.
(c) Identity theft.
(d) Immigration to the U.S.

11. How does Emily say the Quran sees humanity?
(a) As stubborn and self-interested.
(b) As needing loving guidance.
(c) As clans of people with various gods.
(d) As fallen divinity waiting to be redeemed.

12. What did Tariq say that got the barista to call the police?
(a) That America deserved what it was going to get.
(b) That Muslims would one day rule the world.
(c) That all infidels would ultimately submit to Allah.
(d) That Americans deserved to be beheaded.

13. In Scene Three, what does Amir say the Prophet said about paintings?
(a) Not to make them or look at them.
(b) To avoid them except in temples.
(c) Never to enter a house with paintings.
(d) To make them carry the light of God.

14. What is Amir’s tone at the start of Scene Four?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Haunted.
(c) Seething.
(d) Subdued.

15. In Scene Three, why does Emily say Amir spoke up for Imam Fareed?
(a) His tribal loyalty.
(b) He owed Abe’s mother a favor.
(c) He did it for her sake.
(d) He couldn't stand the injustice of the imam’s arrest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Amir just as Emily is trying to defuse a tense conversation about racial profiling in Scene Three?

2. How much time has passed between Scene Two and Scene Three?

3. What is Jory’s race?

4. How does Amir say Muslims react to the pain of living?

5. What has Amir forgotten for the dinner party?

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