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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?
(a) Nafisi uses literature as a point of reference for her answer.
(b) Nafisi tells Yassi that she should not get married while she is young.
(c) Nafisi tells Yassi to ask her parents for assistance.
(d) Nafisi shows Yassi pictures of her childhood.

2. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?
(a) Small scraps of paper.
(b) Pocket calendars.
(c) Big diaries.
(d) Lined paper tablets.

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 been married and divorced.
(d) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.

4. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?
(a) One who molests a child.
(b) One who knowingly challenges the religious culture of the ruling party.
(c) One who bows to authority figures.
(d) One who lacks curiosity about other people, being only interested in his/her vision of other people.

5. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have been raped by older men.
(b) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(c) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(d) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?

3. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

4. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?

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

(see the answer key)

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