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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side B: Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kimiâ states in the prologue, "All I know is that these pages won't be" (13) what?
(a) Lucrative.
(b) Linear.
(c) Clouded.
(d) Uplifting.

2. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?
(a) Mina.
(b) Emma.
(c) Mirza-Ali.
(d) Sara.

3. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?
(a) Short order cooks.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Memories.

4. What had Darius been planning to do if he chose not to write a controversial article for the newspaper?
(a) Retire.
(b) Flee.
(c) Buy the newspaper.
(d) Resign.

5. Kimiâ describes in Side A: Chapter 8 Darius's composition of a long letter to whom?
(a) The magistrate.
(b) The king.
(c) The editor-in-chief of his newspaper.
(d) The Shah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ says that contrary to everyone's expectations, she ended up accomplishing what goal?

2. What false meaning does Darius provide for the term "vagin" (106) when he lies about it?

3. In what years were the two albums Kimiâ discusses in Chapter 7 released?

4. What malady did Kimiâ pretend to have on the night Ramin was stopped by the curfew patrol several times?

5. Which group is said to have hated Darius because they believed he had turned Iran over to the mullahs?

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