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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. Where does Amir say his parents were born?

2. What crime does Amir say the Quran condones?

3. How does the playwright characterize Jory’s appearance?

4. What was Amir’s name before he changed it to Kapoor?

5. What does Amir say he understands people feeling about Muslims who kill and die for their faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Abe’s appearance in Scene 4 different from his entrance in Scene 1?

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

3. What does Emily mean when she says, in Scene 4, that her work was naïve?

4. Are Abe’s accusations in Scene 4 fair?

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

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

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

8. What accusation does Abe level at Amir before he leaves in Scene 4?

9. What caused Amir to change his name?

10. What does Amir do to help Abe in Scene 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Disgraced is a play that assumes a huge amount of back story and cultural awareness. What are the main historical/cultural narratives Akhtar refers to, and how does he make them personal to the characters? Are these characters proxies for a cultural battle? Are they victims of a larger battle between people’s cultural assumptions? Does anyone achieve any freedom from those assumptions, in the end?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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