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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 15 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Jail.
(b) Tehran.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Washington.

2. What does the closeness of the room do to Nafisi and her students?
(a) It makes them nervous and uncomfortable.
(b) It prohibits them from sharing their personal thoughts.
(c) It creates a false sense of security in their daily life.
(d) It causes them to become personal and intimate.

3. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?
(a) In her apartment in Tehran.
(b) At the Tehran airport.
(c) In graduate school in the United States.
(d) At the University of Tehran.

4. Why does the literature professor dislike Manna and Nima?
(a) They dislike reading the literature he assigns.
(b) They are not able to write well.
(c) They are falling in love during his class.
(d) They write papers that disagree with his views.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?

2. What object becomes popular in Iran?

3. How does the professor solve problems of literary criticism?

4. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?

5. Who is Mike Gold?

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