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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 dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(b) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.
(c) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.
(d) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.

2. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?
(a) It is a critique of what occurs in totalitarian systems.
(b) It is an example of how to achieve perfection.
(c) It is a morality tale about what happens to girls who disobey.
(d) It is a demonstration of religious fanaticism.

3. Why is Mashid jailed?
(a) Because she steals flowers.
(b) Because she tells her parents she was translating Islamic texts into English.
(c) Because she is associated with a dissident organization.
(d) Because people find out she was studying literature.

4. What does Nafisi consider to be the first lesson in democracy?
(a) All individuals have the right to vote for their own leaders.
(b) All individuals have the right to dress as they please.
(c) All individuals have the right to freedom of speech.
(d) All individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

5. What is the main point of Chapter 12?
(a) To provide the reader with an understanding of how "Lolita" was sold in Tehran.
(b) Copies of books are not readily available in Tehran.
(c) The students enjoy reading "Lolita."
(d) To provide the reader with a sketch of the class meeting to discuss "Lolita."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?

3. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?

4. Why does Nafisi remind the students of Nabokov?

5. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?

(see the answer key)

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