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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 causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?
(a) They share a passion for the revolutionary cause.
(b) They share a common passion for literature.
(c) They see parallels between their lives and the lives of Humbert and Lolita.
(d) They are in the same literature study group.

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

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

4. What does Nafisi emphasize in the introductory course she teaches in Part 3?
(a) The ways novels are similar to contemporary life.
(b) The ways novels change ideas about relationships between individuals.
(c) The ways novels present women in Western culture.
(d) The ways novels emphasize religious and cultural values.

5. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?
(a) The bookstores are closed.
(b) The book has been banned.
(c) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(d) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nafisi include a chapter on "Washington Square"?

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

3. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?

4. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?

5. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?

(see the answer key)

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