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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 happens to the class after they read "Madame Bovary"?
(a) The girls begin to take charge of the discussion.
(b) The class agrees to meet in a local cafe.
(c) Some of the girls decide to leave the study group.
(d) They have a sense of shared intimacy.

2. Why is Nafisi uncomfortable with Mr. Bahir's action at the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) His action forces her to report him to the police.
(b) By placing his hands behind his back, he negates her gesture of goodwill.
(c) She does not wish to shake hands with a student.
(d) She does not know him well and his presence feels threatening.

3. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?
(a) To relax and enjoy reading.
(b) To remember what Nafisi taught in her university classes.
(c) To create a secret language using invented words.
(d) To analyze the types of women found in a piece of literature.

4. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?
(a) Her mother does not believe those items are appropriate for women.
(b) She is too poor to afford material possessions.
(c) Her belongings were taken by revolutionaries.
(d) She is more concerned with literature and the inner world of knowledge.

5. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?
(a) He is unhappy with Nafisi teaching literature to these girls.
(b) He is trying to minimize contact with people.
(c) He does not like female students.
(d) He does not want to get Nafisi in trouble with the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best definition of Nabokov's term "poshlust"?

2. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?

3. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?

4. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?

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

(see the answer key)

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