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

2. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?
(a) A way of revisiting her childhood in a foreign country.
(b) A method of learning to speak another language.
(c) A type of rebellion by an otherwise domesticated wife and mother.
(d) An act of conformity to the prevailing government.

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

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

5. What is the main point of Chapter 12?
(a) To provide the reader with a sketch of the class meeting to discuss "Lolita."
(b) To provide the reader with an understanding of how "Lolita" was sold in Tehran.
(c) The students enjoy reading "Lolita."
(d) Copies of books are not readily available in Tehran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the class members take turns doing each week?

2. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?

3. What is Hizbollah?

4. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?

(see the answer key)

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