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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 do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."
(b) They take turns telling their private stories.
(c) They take turns leading the group discussion.
(d) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.

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

3. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.
(b) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(c) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(d) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.

4. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She had been married and divorced.
(b) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(c) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(d) She was leaving for America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

2. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

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

4. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?

5. Who are the Mujahedeen?

(see the answer key)

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