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

3. What does Emily say Imam Fareed allowed her to do?

4. Who does Amir say Emily should get to pose for this portrait?

5. What year is the beginning of the play set in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Emily’s family handled her choice of men?

2. How does Abe’s arrival tell us about how Amir’s career developed?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What can we understand about Abe by his appearance when he appears in Amir and Emily’s apartment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Disgraced—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the play to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of women in Disgraced? How are women portrayed, and what kinds of roles are open to them? How would you evaluate Akhtar’s depiction of women in this play?

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