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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much longer has Amir been at the firm than Jory?
(a) Twice as long.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

3. What does Amir say Isaac is, before Emily finally draws Amir out of the dining room into the kitchen?
(a) Naïve.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Romantic.
(d) A Nazi.

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

5. How does Isaac want to present Emily’s approach to Islam?
(a) As not traditional, but not alienated either.
(b) As not afraid, but not self-deceiving.
(c) As not believing, but faithful.
(d) As not ironic, but in service.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jory?

2. What has Emily made for dinner for Isaac and Jory in Scene Three?

3. What chemical is fueling Amir’s behavior at the dinner in Scene Three?

4. In Scene Three, when discussing art, what does Emily say Islam is still connected to?

5. What is broken at the beginning of Scene Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of the play’s title, in light of this final confrontation between Amir and Abe?

2. How has Emily’s work been received in the time since the dinner party six months ago, in Scene 3?

3. What causes Isaac to tell Emily that she will make the “mistake in London” again?

4. What is it that brings Abe and Emily back to Amir’s apartment?

5. What accusation does Abe level at Amir before he leaves in Scene 4?

6. What is the irony in Isaac’s praise for Emily’s portrait of Amir?

7. What knife does Jory stick into Amir on her way out the door?

8. What does Emily mean when she says, in Scene 4, that her work was naïve?

9. What does Amir tell Emily he wants for her, at the end, and what is Emily’s response?

10. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene 3?

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