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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. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?
(a) To teach classic works of English literature.
(b) To read and study classic works of English literature.
(c) To read and study classical Persian literature.
(d) To learn more about the principles of Islam.

2. Who does Nafisi meet with in Part 3, Chapter 10?
(a) Her study group.
(b) Officials at a local university.
(c) Local religious leaders.
(d) The magician.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nafisi's study group conclude about "Lolita"?

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

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

4. How does the professor solve problems of literary criticism?

5. In Chapter 20, Nafisi tells a story about what event that happened to Manna and Nima?

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