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

2. How does Nafisi structure the first class sessions?
(a) Like a traditional literature class, with Nafisi asking questions and leading discussions.
(b) Like a lecture class, with the students taking notes on Nafisi's lectures.
(c) With the students leading discussion and choosing what to read.
(d) With students reading "revolutionary" authors and discussing the parallels to contemporary society.

3. 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 the students are not interested in reading and discussing literature.
(d) Because her students show no signs of being individuals.

4. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(b) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(c) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(d) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

2. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?

3. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?

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

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

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