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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 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?
(a) Yassi asks if she should remain at the University of Tehran.
(b) Yassi asks if she is like Lolita.
(c) Yassi asks if she can live with Nafisi.
(d) Yassi asks if she should go to America.

2. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(b) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(c) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(d) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.

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

4. Who demands entry into Nafisi's house?
(a) Nafisi's children.
(b) Students from Nafisi's study group.
(c) Members of the Revolutionary Committee.
(d) The ayatollahs.

5. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?
(a) In her apartment in Tehran.
(b) In graduate school in the United States.
(c) At the University of Tehran.
(d) At the Tehran airport.

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 the main point of Chapter 12?

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

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

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