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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. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.
(b) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(c) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.
(d) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.

2. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She was leaving for America.
(b) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(c) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(d) She had been married and divorced.

3. What does Nafisi describe as "the most unforgivable crime in fiction"?
(a) Sexual immorality.
(b) Absence of beauty.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Use of a flawed heroine.

4. What does Nafisi notice is missing from the walls at the university?
(a) Political slogans.
(b) Pictures of political leaders.
(c) Notices about films, talks, and books.
(d) Notices about proper conduct and attire.

5. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?
(a) To the rear balcony.
(b) Into the library.
(c) To the kitchen.
(d) To the front balcony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Negar?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 4, who asks to meet with Nafisi?

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

4. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?

5. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?

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