Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Test | Final Test - Medium

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Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project is Nassrin working on?
(a) Translating Islamic texts into English.
(b) Translating English texts into Persian.
(c) A thesis on the works of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
(d) Reading all the works of Islamic leaders.

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

3. Who does Nafisi agree not to contact after she leaves Iran?
(a) The University of Tehran.
(b) The magician.
(c) Nassrin.
(d) Manna.

4. Who does Nafisi consider to be the "real protagonists" in her class?
(a) The members of the Muslim Student Association.
(b) The novels that are read.
(c) The young women who register for the course.
(d) Outsiders, including former students, who come because of their commitment to literature.

5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what does Sanaz announce she is going to do?
(a) Go to Turkey and see a man.
(b) Go to America and enroll in a university.
(c) Become a teacher.
(d) Stop coming to the study club.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 15, what does Dr. A. do that causes a student to honor him many years later?

2. Who is Mr. Bahir?

3. Who does Nafisi meet with in Part 3, Chapter 10?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?

5. Which character is the main subject of Part 3, Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nassrin mean when she talks about the "ordeal of freedom" in Part 4, Chapter 20?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 14, why does Nafisi describe her students in such detail?

3. How are Mr. Ghoni's statements about "Daisy Miller" in Part 3, Chapter 15, similar to Mr. Nyazi's statements in Part 3, Chapters 17 and 18, about "The Great Gatsby"?

4. Why does the magician tell Nafisi to stop blaming the Islamic Republic for all her problems?

5. What happens to Nafisi during her discussion with Mr. Bahri about wearing the veil?

6. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?

7. Part 2, Chapter 11 begins with a quote from Mike Gold, "Art is useful as bread." How is this quote related to the rest of the chapter and to previous incidents in Nafisi's text?

8. How does Nafisi react to the increase in protests, demonstrations, and violence associated with the revolution?

9. How are the contemporary events in Iran similar to the events that Nafisi describes in her classroom?

10. Why does the magician tell Nafisi she should return to teaching?

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