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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. How do the students get enough copies of "Lolita" to study?
(a) They find one copy and photocopy it.
(b) They order copies through a local bookstore.
(c) They find one copy and pass it around until everyone has read it.
(d) They go to all of the second-hand bookstores until they find enough copies.

2. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Jail.
(b) Tehran.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Washington.

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

4. What is the relationship between Nafisi and her first husband?
(a) He teaches her how to become a demonstrator and serves as her first mentor.
(b) They clash over appropriate ways for women to behave and ultimately divorce.
(c) She learns from him how to become a traditional Iranian wife.
(d) They enjoy a good relationship until Nafisi begins demonstrating in support of the Iranian government.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What scene opens Chapter 12?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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