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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the immediate cause that leads Amir to hit Emily?
(a) She taunts him for being an alcoholic nobody.
(b) She threatens to leave him if he is fired.
(c) She condemns him for his failure to be promoted.
(d) She confesses to her affair with Isaac.

4. What does Isaac say he can almost smell from Emily’s painting of Amir?
(a) The scent of a Spanish market.
(b) The starch on his shirt.
(c) His cologne.
(d) Middle Eastern cooking.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Emily say about her Islamic-influenced work?
(a) It was dangerous.
(b) It was a failure.
(c) It was naïve.
(d) It was propaganda for a failed ideology.

10. What has Amir forgotten for the dinner party?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Wine.
(c) Candles.
(d) Bread.

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

12. 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) Emily.
(b) Amir.
(c) Jory.
(d) Isaac.

13. How does Isaac characterize Amir’s approach to airline security?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Defiance.
(c) Avoidance.
(d) Compliance.

14. Why does Jory say she has not told Amir about her promotion yet?
(a) She is under confidentiality.
(b) She is waiting till he gets fired.
(c) Mort told her not to say anything
(d) She is afraid of his temper.

15. What does Jory say she remembers of the Quran, from reading it in college?
(a) Its love.
(b) Its strictness.
(c) Its anger.
(d) Its violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaac claim to have done then immediately confess he did not do?

2. How do Emily and Isaac explain their kiss, when Jory and Amir come back?

3. How does the playwright say this thing breaking at the beginning of Scene Three makes Amir feel?

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

5. How does Emily say the Quran sees humanity?

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