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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?
(a) In graduate school in the United States.
(b) At the University of Tehran.
(c) In her apartment in Tehran.
(d) At the Tehran airport.

2. What is Hizbollah?
(a) A group of radical Muslims who murdered the Ayatollah Taleghani.
(b) The name of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.
(c) The title of a religious tract that all Iranians must follow according to the regime leaders.
(d) A religious group also known as the Party of Allah, who are determined to put God's laws into practice on earth.

3. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She was leaving for America.
(b) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(c) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(d) She had been married and divorced.

4. What do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns telling their private stories.
(b) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."
(c) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.
(d) They take turns leading the group discussion.

5. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?
(a) She believes her neighbor will blame her for whatever happens.
(b) She has a forbidden satellite dish.
(c) She has young children who are afraid of guns.
(d) She hasn't cleaned the house for a religious celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scene opens Chapter 12?

2. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?

3. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?

4. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?

5. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?

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