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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. Who does Tariq say created Al Qaeda?

2. Why does Amir say he changed his name?

3. What is the immediate cause that leads Amir to hit Emily?

4. Who does Amir call to look for help for Abe in Scene Four?

5. What does Amir say he is, now that he has renounced his faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Amir to change his name?

2. What is the tone of the dinner party Amir and Emily host with Isaac and Jory?

3. 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?

4. What political position has Abe taken, as a result of the events that brought him back to Amir?

5. What does Amir propose to Jory in Scene 3?

6. What does Amir tell Emily he wants for her, at the end, and what is Emily’s response?

7. What is it that brings Abe and Emily back to Amir’s apartment?

8. In Scene 4, Amir says that Emily was right about him: what was she right about?

9. What causes Amir to hit Emily?

10. What historical circumstance complicates the question of Amir’s nationality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While talking about Islam and her art, Emily expresses the sentiment that people spend too much time focused on optics, and have “forgotten to look at things for what they really are” (31). Is this the closest thing the play gives us, by way of a rule for living or seeing? Is the tragedy of the play that none of the characters can live up to Emily’s vision? Or is it that even Emily’s pronouncement is insufficient, as she herself says, when she says later that she was naïve?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Disgraced? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this play. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Disgraced.

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