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

2. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?
(a) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.
(b) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(c) The book has been banned.
(d) The bookstores are closed.

3. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) German.

4. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?
(a) One who knowingly challenges the religious culture of the ruling party.
(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 bows to authority figures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?

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

3. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?

4. Who is Mike Gold?

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

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