Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 191 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

2. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(b) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(c) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(d) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.

3. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?
(a) Fairy tales and novels both demonstrate the beauty of the natural world.
(b) All novels are stories with imaginary characters like fairy tales.
(c) Even though fairy tales have monsters, good ultimately wins over evil.
(d) Because all good novelists begin to write after reading fairy tales.

4. What becomes part of the "landscape" of Nafisi's class?
(a) The mountains in the mirror.
(b) The presence of the magician.
(c) Nafisi's life and family.
(d) The oppression of the Iranian regime.

5. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?
(a) She describes the arrival of each student on the first day of class.
(b) She shows the photograph that was taken of the group of students.
(c) She describes the students as a group so the reader understands the importance of community.
(d) She gives each student a nickname based on their favorite book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?

2. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?

3. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?

4. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. What happens to the class after they read "Madame Bovary"?

(see the answer key)

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