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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what flower is the beginning of the Iranian Revolution associated in the novel?
(a) Hyacinth.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Chrysanthemum.
(d) Rose.

2. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2025.

3. What term is used to label habitual Iranian politeness norms?
(a) Obsequy.
(b) Takalluf.
(c) Keigo.
(d) Taarof.

4. Which of the following had Cyrus borrowed and not returned?
(a) To the Lighthouse.
(b) A Room of One’s Own.
(c) The Years.
(d) Mrs. Dalloway.

5. Which of the following does Cyrus address in dream-visons?
(a) Mallarmé.
(b) Rimbaud.
(c) Verlaine.
(d) Baudelaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Ali move himself and Cyrus?

2. On which night does Naples host an open mic?

3. How much is Cyrus’s mother’s bounty?

4. What rank does William M. Fogarty hold?

5. To which of the following does Cyrus look as a model of martyrdom?

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