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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. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(b) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(c) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.
(d) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.

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

3. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?
(a) Fairy tales and novels both demonstrate the beauty of the natural world.
(b) All novels are stories with imaginary characters like fairy tales.
(c) Even though fairy tales have monsters, good ultimately wins over evil.
(d) Because all good novelists begin to write after reading fairy tales.

4. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(b) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(c) Both girls have been raped by older men.
(d) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.

5. What do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.
(b) They take turns telling their private stories.
(c) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."
(d) They take turns leading the group discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?

2. What are the biggest threats to an idealized vision of an individual or a country?

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

4. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?

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

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