Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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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. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.
(b) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(c) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.
(d) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.

2. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Washington.
(b) Jail.
(c) Tehran.
(d) At a restaurant.

3. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(b) A group called the Party of Allah.
(c) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.
(d) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.

4. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.
(b) The students in Nafisi's class.
(c) The men who the students are related to.
(d) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

5. Who demands entry into Nafisi's house?
(a) Members of the Revolutionary Committee.
(b) The ayatollahs.
(c) Students from Nafisi's study group.
(d) Nafisi's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?

2. How do the students get enough copies of "Lolita" to study?

3. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?

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

5. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?

(see the answer key)

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