Disgraced Quizzes

Disgraced Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Disgraced?
Ayad Akhtar

Emily Hughes

Amir Abdullah

Edward Said
2 Who is the protagonist of Disgraced?
Jory

Amir

Isaac

Abe
3 In what country is Disgraced set?
United States

India

Pakistan

Israel
4 In what city is Disgraced set?
New Jersey

Michigan

New York City

Delhi
5 What does Amir change his surname to?
Obama

Abdullah

Hussein

Kapoor
6 What is Abe's relationship to Amir?
Son

Cousin

Nephew

Brother
7 What is Abe's original name?
Abdullah

Emily

Hussein

Muhammad
8 What is Emily's relationship to Amir?
Assistant

Sister

Mother

Wife
9 In what neighborhood is Disgraced set?
Lower East Side

Dumbo

Upper East Side

Brooklyn Heights
10 What genre is Disgraced?
Short story

Play

Fantasy

Novel
11 In what year was Disgraced first staged?
1989

2020

2001

2012
12 How many acts does Disgraced include?
Four

Two

Eight

One
13 How many scenes are in Disgraced?
Four

One

Two

Eight
14 In what two years is Disgraced set?
2011 and 2012

2020 and 2021

2001 and 2002

2001 and 1900
15 In what country was Amir born?
United States

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan
16 In what country was Abe born?
India

Pakistan

Canada

United States
17 What religion does Abe follow?
Christianity

Islam

Judaism

Satanism
18 What is Amir's ethnic background?
South Asian

French Canadian

Indigenous South American

White American
19 What was Amir's original surname before he changed it?
Abdullah

Kapoor

Hughes

Hussein
20 How old is Amir when the play begins?
30

20

40

60
21 What is Emily doing in the first scene?
Out shopping for dinner

Painting Amir's portrait

Packing her possessions

Reading the newspaper
22 What happened the night before the play begins?
Emily's painting were featured at the Met

Amir was made partner as his firm

Emily and Amir got engaged

A racist waiter was staring at Amir
23 What painting inspires Emily's portrait of Amir?
The Mona Lisa

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Portrait of Juan de Pareja

Whistler's Mother
24 Which artist does Emily's portrait of Amir reference?
Johannes Vermeer

Pablo Picasso

Diego Velázquez

Henri Matisse
25 Emily references a classic painting that depicts who?
A banker

The artist's enslaved assistant

The artist's lover

A lawyer

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