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

2. How do the Iranian authorities view the country's past?
(a) The past is irrelevant to the leaders who want to establish a perfect Koranic society.
(b) Iran's past is considered important in the development of a perfect Koranic society.
(c) Iran's past is used as a foundation for the development of a more modern society.
(d) The Iranian leaders see the country's past as an example for other societies.

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

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) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.
(c) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(d) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.

5. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the class members take turns doing each week?

2. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what are Nafisi and her male acquaintance discussing?

5. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?

(see the answer key)

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