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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?
(a) She isn't able to do the type of scholarship the government required.
(b) She wants to teach literature to smaller groups in private.
(c) The governance of the University is arbitrary.
(d) The University of Tehran is too liberal.

2. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?
(a) Lolita has no other choice but to stay with Humbert.
(b) Humbert is in love with Lolita.
(c) Lolita is in love with Humbert.
(d) Humbert does not understand Lolita.

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

4. What does Nafisi share with her male acquaintance in Chapter 16?
(a) A dinner party.
(b) A car ride.
(c) A ham sandwich.
(d) An ice cream cone.

5. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A veil.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Her apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?

2. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?

3. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?

4. Why does the male student have to meet with Nafisi separately?

5. What is the first work Nafisi and her students in the study group discuss?

(see the answer key)

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