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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 23 - 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(b) The students in Nafisi's class.
(c) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.
(d) The men who the students are related to.

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

3. Who is Negar?
(a) Nafisi's sister.
(b) One of Nafisi's students.
(c) Nafisi's mother.
(d) Nafisi's daughter.

4. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?
(a) She chooses students who dislike the liberal qualities of the university.
(b) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.
(c) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.
(d) She chooses students who can afford to pay her on a regular basis.

5. Why does Professor R. continue to participate in vigils at the University of Tehran after he resigns from his position?
(a) He wants his students to see him as a political figure and an inspiration for their own political choices.
(b) He believes that the university needed to know how strongly he felt about his actions.
(c) He wants his students to know he did not leave because he was afraid the government would persecute him.
(d) He is angry with the university's decision to change the curriculum, and wants to punish the leaders for their decision.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Nafisi feel when she hears the announcement that Iraq has attacked Iran?

3. Why does Nafisi form a friendship with Jeff?

4. Who are the Mujahedeen?

5. How do the Iranian authorities view the country's past?

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