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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 secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She had been married and divorced.
(b) She was leaving for America.
(c) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(d) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.

2. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?
(a) The University of Tehran is too liberal.
(b) The governance of the University is arbitrary.
(c) She isn't able to do the type of scholarship the government required.
(d) She wants to teach literature to smaller groups in private.

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

4. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?
(a) Lolita is in love with Humbert.
(b) Humbert is in love with Lolita.
(c) Humbert does not understand Lolita.
(d) Lolita has no other choice but to stay with Humbert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?

2. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?

3. What does Nafisi share with her male acquaintance in Chapter 16?

4. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?

5. What happens to the class after they read "Madame Bovary"?

(see the answer key)

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