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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. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

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

3. 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 beheaded as an example of an evil woman.
(b) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(c) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(d) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.

4. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?
(a) Nafisi tells Yassi that she should not get married while she is young.
(b) Nafisi uses literature as a point of reference for her answer.
(c) Nafisi tells Yassi to ask her parents for assistance.
(d) Nafisi shows Yassi pictures of her childhood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?

2. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?

3. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?

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

5. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?

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