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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.
(b) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(c) The men who the students are related to.
(d) The students in Nafisi's class.

2. Why are Nafisi and her students in the room?
(a) To protect themselves from the reality outside.
(b) Because they have nowhere else to go.
(c) Because they have been confined by the religious patrols.
(d) To demonstrate control over their own lives.

3. How does Nafisi's acquaintance describe her students?
(a) As "nice girls."
(b) As "good students."
(c) As "pretty women."
(d) As "fine people."

4. Why does Nafisi see a parallel between Humbert and contemporary Iranian society?
(a) Because members of Iranian society would act like Humbert if they were permitted to do so.
(b) Because Humbert's actions would be prohibited in Iranian society.
(c) Because the ayatollahs also blame others and hide the truth.
(d) Because Humbert and the ayatollahs share similar views about sex.

5. What happens to the everyday lives of Nafisi and her students as a result of the secret class?
(a) Their everyday lives are untouched by the secret class.
(b) Their everyday lives begin to invade the study group meetings.
(c) Their everyday lives take on the quality of fiction and make-believe.
(d) Their everyday lives become less tolerable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?

4. Why does Nafisi remind the students of Nabokov?

5. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

(see the answer key)

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