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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?

2. How does the text Amir is reading in Scene Two describe his speech?

3. What city is Disgraced set in?

4. Where did Amir start his law career?

5. What does Emily think of the imam’s position and tone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the news article about Amir is Amir angry about?

2. As seen in Scene 2, what is Isaac’s importance to Emily?

3. What is the significance of the stage direction indicating that Amir speaks with a flawless accent?

4. What do we learn about Amir’s career when the phone rings, interrupting the painting session?

5. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?

6. What was the imam Abe is talking about arrested for?

7. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

8. How has Isaac’s mind recently changed about Emily’s work, as seen in Scene 2?

9. What do we learn about Emily when Amir tells her that she should have her black Spanish boyfriend sit for her?

10. What does the stage set tell us about the social class Amir Kapoor and Emily Hughes-Kapoor are in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the important of Velázquez’ Portrait of Juan de Pareja n Disgraced. Why is this painting so important? How does its importance differ between characters? How does Amir’s sense of the painting change over the course of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Disgraced is a play that assumes a huge amount of back story and cultural awareness. What are the main historical/cultural narratives Akhtar refers to, and how does he make them personal to the characters? Are these characters proxies for a cultural battle? Are they victims of a larger battle between people’s cultural assumptions? Does anyone achieve any freedom from those assumptions, in the end?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages from the play.

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