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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 dangerous.
(b) It was a failure.
(c) It was propaganda for a failed ideology.
(d) It was naïve.

2. Whose side does Abe say he is on, in the conflict between Islam and the West?
(a) His own.
(b) Artists.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Americans.

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

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

5. What is Amir’s approach to airline security?
(a) He does not fly.
(b) He makes eye contact and reassuring glances at security.
(c) He offers himself to be searched.
(d) He wears his most expensive clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Isaac want to hold out as a unifying concept humanity can rally around?

2. How much time has passed between Scene Two and Scene Three?

3. What kind of look does the playwright say Amir gives Emily’s portrait of him, as the play ends?

4. How does Emily combat her husband’s disdain for Islam?

5. What does Isaac say about Islam, when he is talking about Emily’s work in Scene Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amir do to help Abe in Scene 4?

2. What does Amir accuse Emily and Isaac, in Scene 3, of feeling about Islam?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do we learn about Isaac when Amir asks him if he eats pork?

9. How is Abe’s appearance in Scene 4 different from his entrance in Scene 1?

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

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