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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the narrator ascribe the comments in his play that seem to praise or justify the 11 September 2001 attacks?
(a) Riaz.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Sikander.
(d) Latif.

2. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) George H.W. Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Barack Obama.

3. The comment that “The Prophet’s Safiya was supposedly a very beautiful woman, which is not exactly what I would have said of the Safiya I knew, at least not before saying other things about her” (55) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metonymy.

4. In what year does Latif die?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1999.

5. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Houston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

6. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?
(a) “He’s right. They deserve what they got. And what they’re going to get.”
(b) “Turning us against each other. Making us spill each other’s blood. Just like the British.”
(c) “They run around telling everyone else about human rights. But not for them. Look how they treat their own blacks.”
(d) “Taking what we have. Oil, land. Treating us like animals.”

7. How much money does Sikander lose at baccarat in Atlantic City?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $7,500.

8. What award does Sikander win for a second time after ending his real estate endeavors?
(a) Investigator of the Year.
(b) Lifetime Achievement.
(c) First Place.
(d) Father of the Year.

9. In what program is the student who complained to the administration that Moroni was speaking against the troops by questioning Desert Storm?
(a) MFA.
(b) ROTC.
(c) MBA.
(d) PharmD.

10. Which writer does the narrator remark “would not be surprised” at the ascent of Trump (23)?
(a) Hugo.
(b) De Tocqueville.
(c) Dumas.
(d) De Sade.

11. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

12. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?
(a) Locust Grove.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Fallingwater.

13. The comment that “Difficulty had been the flint stone against which her powers of analysis were sharpened” (xvi) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

14. Which of the following does the narrator’s uncle Naseem cite “as proof of his point about the fundamental military basis of great leadership” (76)?
(a) Adams.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Madison.
(d) Washington.

15. In what year did Muzzammil immigrate to the San Diego area?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

2. What profession had Sikander’s father held?

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

4. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

5. What profession does Muzzammil follow?

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