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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 12 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the professor solve problems of literary criticism?
(a) By finding critical essays that support his viewpoint.
(b) By talking to his colleagues on the University faculty.
(c) By asking the class to vote on matters of interpretation.
(d) By telling students that literary criticism is not important.

3. In Chapter 20, Nafisi tells a story about what event that happened to Manna and Nima?
(a) They were expelled from the university.
(b) They were kicked out of the study group.
(c) They realized that literature is not as important as survival.
(d) They began to become more orthodox.

4. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?
(a) To plan ways to join the revolution.
(b) To learn about religious freedom.
(c) To study and discuss literature.
(d) To escape the University of Tehran.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?

3. What is a perfectly equipped failure?

4. What symbol does Nafisi think of when she thinks of Lolita?

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

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