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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 unable to order books with female characters.
(b) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(c) The bookstores are closed.
(d) The book has been banned.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mashid jailed?

2. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

3. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?

4. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?

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

(see the answer key)

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