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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the male student have to meet with Nafisi separately?
(a) The female students do not like having a male student in their class.
(b) His schedule does not permit him to meet with the female students.
(c) A group with men and women would arouse suspicion from the Islamist authorities.
(d) Nafisi believes that male and female students learn differently.

3. What is the first work Nafisi and her students in the study group discuss?
(a) "Invitation to a Beheading."
(b) "Nabokov."
(c) "A Thousand and One Nights."
(d) "Lolita."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nafisi structure the first class sessions?

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

3. Why is Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading" the inspiration for Nafisi to form the study group?

4. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

5. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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