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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. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?
(a) In the middle of a mountain range.
(b) On the campus of the University of Tehran.
(c) Above a restaurant.
(d) Across from an ex-American hospital.

2. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?
(a) An act of conformity to the prevailing government.
(b) A method of learning to speak another language.
(c) A way of revisiting her childhood in a foreign country.
(d) A type of rebellion by an otherwise domesticated wife and mother.

3. What do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.
(b) They take turns telling their private stories.
(c) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."
(d) They take turns leading the group discussion.

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

5. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?
(a) "Revolutionary" authors who are tied to current political ideologies.
(b) Authors who have female characters with strong opinions.
(c) "Non-revolutionary" authors such as Joyce, Nabokov, Woolf, and Austin.
(d) Authors who show the benefits of a religious society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?

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

4. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?

5. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?

(see the answer key)

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