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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. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?
(a) One who lacks curiosity about other people, being only interested in his/her vision of other people.
(b) One who knowingly challenges the religious culture of the ruling party.
(c) One who molests a child.
(d) One who bows to authority figures.

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

3. Who is the villain in "Lolita"?
(a) The director of the summer camp.
(b) Lolita.
(c) Humbert.
(d) The individual with the imaginative mind.

4. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?
(a) She chooses students who can afford to pay her on a regular basis.
(b) She chooses students who dislike the liberal qualities of the university.
(c) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.
(d) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.

5. What is the relationship between Nafisi and her first husband?
(a) She learns from him how to become a traditional Iranian wife.
(b) They enjoy a good relationship until Nafisi begins demonstrating in support of the Iranian government.
(c) They clash over appropriate ways for women to behave and ultimately divorce.
(d) He teaches her how to become a demonstrator and serves as her first mentor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?

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

3. What project is Nassrin working on?

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

5. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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