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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 season is Scene One set in?

2. How much does Amir save Paolo by catching a mistake in his paralegal’s work?

3. In Scene One, what is Amir nervous Paolo will do?

4. How does the playwright characterize Isaac’s looking around while Emily is getting him coffee in Scene Two?

5. How does the text Amir is reading in Scene Two characterize Imam Fareed’s tone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

2. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

3. How do Amir and Emily think differently about Amir’s position about Imam Fareed?

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

5. Explain the difference between earnestness and irony as Emily describes it in her discussion with Isaac.

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

7. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

8. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the ending of Disgraced. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

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