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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. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(b) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.
(c) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.
(d) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.

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

3. What happens to the class after they read "Madame Bovary"?
(a) The class agrees to meet in a local cafe.
(b) They have a sense of shared intimacy.
(c) The girls begin to take charge of the discussion.
(d) Some of the girls decide to leave the study group.

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

5. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?
(a) Yassi asks if she is like Lolita.
(b) Yassi asks if she should go to America.
(c) Yassi asks if she can live with Nafisi.
(d) Yassi asks if she should remain at the University of Tehran.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Nafisi describe the Iranian perception of America?

3. How does the professor solve problems of literary criticism?

4. What teaching technique does Nafisi use in conjunction with the study of "The Great Gatsby"?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?

(see the answer key)

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