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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?
(a) A hospital.
(b) Her students.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Mountains.

2. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?
(a) She is concerned that they will be punished by their families for attending her class.
(b) She is worried that they cannot afford the flowers she expects them to bring.
(c) Because her students show no signs of being individuals.
(d) Because the students are not interested in reading and discussing literature.

3. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?
(a) Nafisi tells Yassi to ask her parents for assistance.
(b) Nafisi shows Yassi pictures of her childhood.
(c) Nafisi uses literature as a point of reference for her answer.
(d) Nafisi tells Yassi that she should not get married while she is young.

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

5. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have been raped by older men.
(b) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(c) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(d) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mashid jailed?

2. What is the best definition of Nabokov's term "poshlust"?

3. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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