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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 do Emily and Isaac explain their kiss, when Jory and Amir come back?
(a) They confess to their affair.
(b) They jump apart and only mumble incoherent excuses.
(c) They insist that they were not even touching.
(d) They say he was comforting her because she was upset.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Amir explain his thinking behind his proposition to Jory in Scene Three?

2. What is Amir’s tone at the start of Scene Four?

3. What is Amir drinking in Scene Three, that he offers some to Isaac?

4. Whose side does Abe say he is on, in the conflict between Islam and the West?

5. What did Tariq say that got the barista to call the police?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened at work that made Amir forget to get wine?

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

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

7. How does Emily compare the Renaissance in the West and Islamic culture?

8. What is the significance of Amir’s display of contempt for Isaac, when they are arguing at the end of Scene 3?

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

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

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