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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 is Jory’s race?
3. Whose side does Abe say he is on, in the conflict between Islam and the West?
4. How does Amir characterize Islam to Isaac, when Emily and Jory go to prepare the salad?
5. Who does Tariq say created Al Qaeda?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the meaning of the play’s title, in light of this final confrontation between Amir and Abe?
2. Are Abe’s accusations in Scene 4 fair?
3. In Scene 4, Amir says that Emily was right about him: what was she right about?
4. Why is Emily excited about Isaac and Jory’s visit at the beginning of Scene Three?
5. What political position has Abe taken, as a result of the events that brought him back to Amir?
6. What does Amir tell Emily he wants for her, at the end, and what is Emily’s response?
7. What is the significance of Abe’s arrival at the end of Scene 3?
8. What causes Amir to hit Emily?
9. 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?
10. What happened at work that made Amir forget to get wine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an evaluative review of Disgraced. What is this play’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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