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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 idea does Isaac want to hold out as a unifying concept humanity can rally around?
2. What does Amir say he felt pride in, on 9/11/2001?
3. Why does Emily say she does not like the work Amir prefers to her present work?
4. How does Amir characterize Islam to Isaac, when Emily and Jory go to prepare the salad?
5. Where does Amir say he saw a write-up of Emily’s museum show?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Abe’s appearance in Scene 4 different from his entrance in Scene 1?
2. What has happened in the intervening time between Scenes 3 and 4?
3. In Scene 4, Amir says that Emily was right about him: what was she right about?
4. What does Amir tell Emily he wants for her, at the end, and what is Emily’s response?
5. What is the significance of Abe’s arrival at the end of Scene 3?
6. What advice does Amir give Abe about how he expresses his political views, and what is Abe’s response?
7. What is Amir likely seeing at the end of the play when he looks at the portrait Emily made of him, based on Velázquez’ Portrait of Juan de Pareja?
8. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene 3?
9. What is the meaning of the play’s title, in light of this final confrontation between Amir and Abe?
10. Are Abe’s accusations in Scene 4 fair?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify the most important plot points in Disgraced. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of Disgraced. What is this play’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
How would you rewrite Disgraced, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What parts of the play would you preserve? What parts would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.
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