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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. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?
(a) The desire for justice.
(b) The desire for beauty.
(c) The desire for truth.
(d) The desire for morality.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?
(a) Yassi asks if she can live with Nafisi.
(b) Yassi asks if she is like Lolita.
(c) Yassi asks if she should go to America.
(d) Yassi asks if she should remain at the University of Tehran.

3. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(b) Both girls have been raped by older men.
(c) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(d) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.

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

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) Nafisi believes that male and female students learn differently.
(c) His schedule does not permit him to meet with the female students.
(d) A group with men and women would arouse suspicion from the Islamist authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?

2. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?

3. How does Nafisi's male acquaintance think he can tell a person's character?

4. What is the best definition of Nabokov's term "poshlust"?

5. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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