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

2. What becomes part of the "landscape" of Nafisi's class?
(a) The mountains in the mirror.
(b) The oppression of the Iranian regime.
(c) Nafisi's life and family.
(d) The presence of the magician.

3. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?
(a) By always talking in the first person.
(b) By making Lolita seem highly desirable.
(c) By blaming himself for all of Lolita's problems.
(d) By making Lolita seem undesirable.

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

5. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?
(a) Small scraps of paper.
(b) Big diaries.
(c) Lined paper tablets.
(d) Pocket calendars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nafisi see a parallel between Humbert and contemporary Iranian society?

2. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?

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

5. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

(see the answer key)

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