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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) Across from an ex-American hospital.
(b) On the campus of the University of Tehran.
(c) In the middle of a mountain range.
(d) Above a restaurant.

2. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?
(a) To relax and enjoy reading.
(b) To remember what Nafisi taught in her university classes.
(c) To analyze the types of women found in a piece of literature.
(d) To create a secret language using invented words.

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

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

5. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(b) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(c) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(d) Both girls have been raped by older men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?

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

3. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

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

5. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?

(see the answer key)

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