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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 12 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what are Nafisi and her male acquaintance discussing?
(a) Where to find food and books in Tehran.
(b) The types of literature that should be discussed in a private study group.
(c) How life in the Islamic Republic has turned everyday activities into exciting secret missions.
(d) What happened when the University of Tehran was closed.

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

3. Why is Negar upset?
(a) She is not allowed to console a friend who had been poorly treated at school.
(b) She is being taken to jail for insubordination.
(c) She is not allowed to join Nafisi's literature discussions.
(d) Her friendship bracelet has been taken away at school.

4. In Part 3, Chapter 4, who asks to meet with Nafisi?
(a) Mr. Bahir.
(b) Laleh.
(c) Mr. Nyazi.
(d) The Committee on Cultural Revolution.

5. What object becomes popular in Iran?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Foreign language novels.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A satellite dish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Negar?

2. What subject do both Mike Gold and F. Scott Fitzgerald write about?

3. What question does Nafisi ask at the beginning of her first class at the University of Tehran?

4. What do the class members take turns doing each week?

5. Why does Nafisi say the dream in "The Great Gatsby" is not a comment on America as a materialistic county?

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