1. How large a stone is on the ring the narrator buys to propose to Asha?
(a) One-half carat.
(b) One and a half carats.
(c) One carat.
(d) Two carats.

2. What award does the narrator note his play receives?
(a) TOny.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Pulitzer.
(d) Nobel.

3. The sentence “The personal theme for the period ahead was embodiment; if life was a school, it was time to take the curriculum” (185) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

4. Where is the narrator born?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Chicago.

5. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?
(a) Atef Haifa.
(b) Aziz Ansari.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Yusuf Islam.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the comments “Sure, fine, yes, they had perpetrated evil and enslavement in their endless plunder of the Indian motherland since the early 1600s—but so what? Were we robots? Did we have to keep repeating the violence” (28), the pronoun “we” refers to which of the following?

2. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?

3. What kind of gloves does the narrator wear to the emergency room?

4. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe Asha’s skin tone (194)?

5. Which of the following is the name of Rind’s investment company?

(see the answer key)

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