Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1: Chapter 1 | Part 1: Chapter 2

1. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?

A photograph.

2. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?

To study and discuss literature.

3. Why does the male student have to meet with Nafisi separately?

A group with men and women would arouse suspicion from the Islamist authorities.

4. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?

Across from an ex-American hospital.

5. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?

She is more concerned with literature and the inner world of knowledge.

6. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

Mountains.

Part 1: Chapter 3 | Part 1: Chapter 4

1. Why do Ministry of Education officials ask the faculty at Nafisi's school if they thought they were in Switzerland?

Because the University of Tehran is the most...
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