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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. How does Nafisi's male acquaintance think he can tell a person's character?
(a) By listening to them speak.
(b) By looking at their photo.
(c) By watching them walk.
(d) By holding something they have worn.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 18, what does Nafisi ask the reader to imagine?
(a) They are inside her apartment.
(b) They are standing on a street in Tehran.
(c) They are at the university.
(d) They are walking down a leafy path.

3. What are the biggest threats to an idealized vision of an individual or a country?
(a) Goals for the present government.
(b) The use of literature as a teaching tool.
(c) The memory of what was real in the past and a sense of imagination about future possibilities.
(d) Interactions between men and women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nafisi see reflected in the mirror?

2. How does Nafisi's acquaintance describe her students?

3. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?

4. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

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

(see the answer key)

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