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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. Who was Nafisi's father?
(a) The youngest mayor of Tehran in pre-revolutionary Iran.
(b) A famous author.
(c) A troubled businessman.
(d) The director of a high school in Switzerland.

2. Why is Mashid jailed?
(a) Because she steals flowers.
(b) Because people find out she was studying literature.
(c) Because she is associated with a dissident organization.
(d) Because she tells her parents she was translating Islamic texts into English.

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

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

5. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?
(a) She gives each student a nickname based on their favorite book.
(b) She shows the photograph that was taken of the group of students.
(c) She describes the arrival of each student on the first day of class.
(d) She describes the students as a group so the reader understands the importance of community.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?

2. How do the students get enough copies of "Lolita" to study?

3. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?

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

5. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?

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