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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Part 3, Chapter 11 begin?
(a) With a student talking in Nafisi's classroom.
(b) With a quote from "Daisy Miller."
(c) With the announcement that accompanies air raid sirens.
(d) With Nafisi standing in her apartment.

2. Who is the villain in "Lolita"?
(a) The individual with the imaginative mind.
(b) The director of the summer camp.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Humbert.

3. What do Nafisi and the magician share on their first meeting in his apartment?
(a) Tea and a box of foreign chocolates.
(b) A foreign movie.
(c) Newspapers from foreign countries.
(d) Coffee and books.

4. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?
(a) Humbert does not understand Lolita.
(b) Humbert is in love with Lolita.
(c) Lolita has no other choice but to stay with Humbert.
(d) Lolita is in love with Humbert.

5. What does Nafisi's study group conclude about "Lolita"?
(a) She was a highly desirable but difficult young woman.
(b) She was the victim of two crimes, losing her life and her own life story.
(c) She was a despicable and shallow girl.
(d) She was not the victim she always claimed to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?

2. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?

3. Why does the literature professor dislike Manna and Nima?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?

5. Who is Mrs. Rezvan?

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