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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. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.
(b) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.
(c) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(d) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.

2. What do Nafisi and the magician share on their first meeting in his apartment?
(a) Newspapers from foreign countries.
(b) Tea and a box of foreign chocolates.
(c) A foreign movie.
(d) Coffee and books.

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

4. How does Nafisi structure the first class sessions?
(a) With the students leading discussion and choosing what to read.
(b) Like a traditional literature class, with Nafisi asking questions and leading discussions.
(c) Like a lecture class, with the students taking notes on Nafisi's lectures.
(d) With students reading "revolutionary" authors and discussing the parallels to contemporary society.

5. How does Part 3, Chapter 11 begin?
(a) With Nafisi standing in her apartment.
(b) With the announcement that accompanies air raid sirens.
(c) With a student talking in Nafisi's classroom.
(d) With a quote from "Daisy Miller."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?

2. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?

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

4. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

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

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