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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. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?
(a) One who molests a child.
(b) One who bows to authority figures.
(c) One who knowingly challenges the religious culture of the ruling party.
(d) One who lacks curiosity about other people, being only interested in his/her vision of other people.

2. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.
(b) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.
(c) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(d) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.

3. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(b) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.
(c) The men who the students are related to.
(d) The students in Nafisi's class.

4. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.
(b) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(c) A group called the Party of Allah.
(d) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.

5. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?
(a) To the rear balcony.
(b) To the kitchen.
(c) To the front balcony.
(d) Into the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?

2. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?

3. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?

4. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?

5. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?

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