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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. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(b) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(c) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.
(d) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.

2. Who is Negar?
(a) Nafisi's mother.
(b) Nafisi's sister.
(c) Nafisi's daughter.
(d) One of Nafisi's students.

3. Who was Nafisi's father?
(a) A troubled businessman.
(b) The director of a high school in Switzerland.
(c) The youngest mayor of Tehran in pre-revolutionary Iran.
(d) A famous author.

4. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?
(a) He is trying to minimize contact with people.
(b) He does not want to get Nafisi in trouble with the authorities.
(c) He is unhappy with Nafisi teaching literature to these girls.
(d) He does not like female students.

5. In Chapter 14, what question does Mitra ask about "Lolita"?
(a) Why does Lolita continue to stay with Humbert?
(b) Why are we reading this novel?
(c) Why do people find pleasure in reading such a horrible story?
(d) Why does Humbert try to control Lolita?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?

3. What scene opens Chapter 12?

4. Why are Manna's friends reprimanded by guards?

5. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?

(see the answer key)

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