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

2. How does Nafisi refer to her male acquaintance?
(a) As "my boyfriend."
(b) As "my magician."
(c) As "my colleague."
(d) As "my mentor."

3. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?
(a) Discover ways to question religious authorities.
(b) Find answers about political ideology.
(c) Discover truths about beauty and human nature.
(d) Learn how to be better writers.

4. According to Zarrin, when is a novel moral?
(a) When the characters conform to moral laws and values.
(b) When the government approves of the content.
(c) When the reader is able to relate to the moral choices of the characters.
(d) When it makes the reader confront the absolutes in his or her belief system.

5. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?
(a) They want to see what was happening on her neighbor's property.
(b) They think she is selling and using drugs.
(c) They are searching for contraband.
(d) She is able to provide them with safety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the literature professor dislike Manna and Nima?

3. What political event described at the beginning of Chapter 9 sets the tone for the subsequent actions of Nafisi's students?

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

5. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?

(see the answer key)

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