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

2. What does Abe say Muslims’ destiny is?
(a) To wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
(b) To conquer the world.
(c) To merge into Christianity.
(d) To submit to fate.

3. Where does Amir say his parents were born?
(a) India.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) New York.

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

5. What does Isaac say about Islam, when he is talking about Emily’s work in Scene Three?
(a) That it is full of hope and progress.
(b) That it is waiting to be discovered.
(c) That it is the best way to save western art from individualism.
(d) That it is rich and universal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Amir acting toward Emily, as she is leaving?

2. Where does Amir say he saw a write-up of Emily’s museum show?

3. When does Emily say western art turned away from things that are bigger than themselves, to focus on individualism?

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

5. What is the only world Amir say the Quran makes sense in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What advice does Amir give Abe about how he expresses his political views, and what is Abe’s response?

4. What is the tone of the dinner party Amir and Emily host with Isaac and Jory?

5. What has happened in the intervening time between Scenes 3 and 4?

6. What causes Amir to hit Emily?

7. Are Abe’s accusations in Scene 4 fair?

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

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

10. What is the significance of Abe’s arrival at the end of Scene 3?

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