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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. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?
(a) There is a gun battle with Nafisi's neighbor.
(b) The doorbell rings.
(c) They take her children away.
(d) They catch Nafisi and the study group reading a book.

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

3. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

4. Why does Nafisi include the scene from "Invitation to a Beheading" in Chapter 22?
(a) The scene was just studied in Nafisi's study group.
(b) Nafisi believes that scene shows how her students will be mistreated if they are thrown in jail.
(c) She is making the point that all governments are corrupt.
(d) It illustrates the way totalitarian governments force victims to participate in crimes against themselves.

5. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?
(a) Above a restaurant.
(b) Across from an ex-American hospital.
(c) On the campus of the University of Tehran.
(d) In the middle of a mountain range.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Negar?

2. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?

3. What does Nafisi share with her male acquaintance in Chapter 16?

4. How does Nafisi feel about revealing herself in class?

5. How does Mr. Bahir become president of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Tehran?

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