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

2. How does Nabokov's character Cincinnatus C. become a hero?
(a) By rescuing those who are falsely imprisoned.
(b) By refusing to be like everyone else.
(c) By fighting off his jailors.
(d) By giving in to the requirements of the government.

3. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?
(a) Small scraps of paper.
(b) Big diaries.
(c) Pocket calendars.
(d) Lined paper tablets.

4. Why does the professor ask Nima if his wife brainwashed him?
(a) Because the professor valued the opinions of women more than the opinions of men.
(b) Because the professor believed Nima's wife was a better student.
(c) Because Nima and his wife both voted against the professor's views.
(d) Because Nima always relied on his wife to answer questions.

5. Why is Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading" the inspiration for Nafisi to form the study group?
(a) Nafisi sees connections between Nabokov's world and post-revolutionary Iran.
(b) Nabokov wrote about conditions in post-revolutionary Iran.
(c) Nafisi is inspired by Nabokov's characters who conform to totalitarian regimes.
(d) Nabokov symbolizes the banality of Western thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 18, what does Nafisi ask the reader to imagine?

2. What does Nyazi consider to be a positive aspect of "The Great Gatsby"?

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

4. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?

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

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