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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. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?
(a) In the middle of a mountain range.
(b) On the campus of the University of Tehran.
(c) Across from an ex-American hospital.
(d) Above a restaurant.

2. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?
(a) Her mother does not believe those items are appropriate for women.
(b) Her belongings were taken by revolutionaries.
(c) She is too poor to afford material possessions.
(d) She is more concerned with literature and the inner world of knowledge.

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 dislike the liberal qualities of the university.
(c) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.
(d) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.

4. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?
(a) To plan ways to join the revolution.
(b) To escape the University of Tehran.
(c) To learn about religious freedom.
(d) To study and discuss literature.

5. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?
(a) Lolita and Nafisi's students are perfect images of the ideal woman in a totalitarian regime.
(b) Lolita and Nafisi's students both exhibit characteristics of heroism in dealing with their past.
(c) Lolita and Nafisi's students are props in someone else's quest to find the perfect image.
(d) Lolita and Nafisi's students are both stuck in the past, unable to accept present conditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?

2. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?

3. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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