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

2. What was Amir’s name before he changed it to Kapoor?
(a) Mansoor.
(b) Patel.
(c) Hossain.
(d) Abdullah.

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

4. Why does Emily say she does not like the work Amir prefers to her present work?
(a) She has moved on.
(b) It has nothing to do with Islam.
(c) It is too simple.
(d) Others have done it better than her.

5. How does the playwright say this thing breaking at the beginning of Scene Three makes Amir feel?
(a) On edge.
(b) Soothed.
(c) Violent.
(d) Fierce.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isaac characterize Amir’s approach to airline security?

2. What does Isaac call Amir in response to his insult in Scene Three?

3. What does Jory say she remembers of the Quran, from reading it in college?

4. How does the playwright describe the state of Amir’s soul?

5. How many of Emily’s paintings will Isaac show in the museum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Scene 4, Amir says that Emily was right about him: what was she right about?

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

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

6. What grounds has Akhtar left the audience, by the end of the play, for feeling that there is a path to virtue and integrity?

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

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

9. What caused Amir to change his name?

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

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