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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 scene opens Chapter 12?
(a) The members of the class arriving at Nafisi's house.
(b) The class sitting around a table in Nafisi's apartment.
(c) Nafisi search for books in a bookstore.
(d) Nafisi teaching a class at the University.

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

3. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(b) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.
(c) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.
(d) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.

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

5. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?
(a) Find answers about political ideology.
(b) Discover ways to question religious authorities.
(c) Learn how to be better writers.
(d) Discover truths about beauty and human nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the closeness of the room do to Nafisi and her students?

2. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?

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

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

5. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?

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