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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?
(a) She wants to teach literature to smaller groups in private.
(b) The governance of the University is arbitrary.
(c) The University of Tehran is too liberal.
(d) She isn't able to do the type of scholarship the government required.

2. What symbol does Nafisi think of when she thinks of Lolita?
(a) A butterfly pinned to the wall.
(b) A helpless little girl.
(c) A school uniform.
(d) A school report card.

3. 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) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(c) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(d) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.

4. What are the biggest threats to an idealized vision of an individual or a country?
(a) The use of literature as a teaching tool.
(b) Interactions between men and women.
(c) Goals for the present government.
(d) The memory of what was real in the past and a sense of imagination about future possibilities.

5. In Chapter 14, what question does Mitra ask about "Lolita"?
(a) Why does Humbert try to control Lolita?
(b) Why do people find pleasure in reading such a horrible story?
(c) Why does Lolita continue to stay with Humbert?
(d) Why are we reading this novel?

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Mashid jailed?

4. Why do Ministry of Education officials ask the faculty at Nafisi's school if they thought they were in Switzerland?

5. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?

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