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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. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?
2. How frequently does Amir say Mort appears at the office?
3. What is Amir reading aloud from, at the start of Scene Two?
4. What does Isaac think about Emily’s work now, in Scene Two?
5. Why does Abe want Amir to help Imam Fareed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do we learn about Amir and Emily’s relationship when Emily tells Amir that she happens to know he “likes it a little fucked up,” meaning that there is something odd about painting him after a painting of a slave (9)?
2. What contradiction does Amir identify in Emily’s feelings about him and his responsibilities?
3. How does “submission” factor into Islamic art, according to Emily in her discussion with Isaac?
4. How has Isaac’s mind recently changed about Emily’s work, as seen in Scene 2?
5. What is Amir’s relationship with Mort like?
6. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?
7. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?
8. What does Amir think his mother would feel about him making partner?
9. As seen in Scene 2, what is Isaac’s importance to Emily?
10. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?
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
Who is the audience for Disgraced? What is the ideal reader for Disgraced likely to think about the play’s main topics? How does this play try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the title of Disgraced. How is it used in the text? How does it apply within the context of its use? How else does it apply to the other characters?
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