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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.
(b) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(c) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(d) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.

2. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?
(a) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(b) The book has been banned.
(c) The bookstores are closed.
(d) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.

3. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?
(a) They catch Nafisi and the study group reading a book.
(b) The doorbell rings.
(c) They take her children away.
(d) There is a gun battle with Nafisi's neighbor.

4. What scene opens Chapter 12?
(a) The class sitting around a table in Nafisi's apartment.
(b) Nafisi search for books in a bookstore.
(c) Nafisi teaching a class at the University.
(d) The members of the class arriving at Nafisi's house.

5. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?
(a) They want to see what was happening on her neighbor's property.
(b) They think she is selling and using drugs.
(c) She is able to provide them with safety.
(d) They are searching for contraband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who demands entry into Nafisi's house?

2. Who are the Mujahedeen?

3. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?

4. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?

5. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?

(see the answer key)

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