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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 is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?
(a) The bookstores are closed.
(b) The book has been banned.
(c) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(d) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.

2. Who is the villain in "Lolita"?
(a) The individual with the imaginative mind.
(b) The director of the summer camp.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Humbert.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?
(a) The demonstrators are seriously injured by the police and need medical treatment.
(b) The bodies of the wounded and dead students are supposedly at the hospital, and demonstrators are concerned the police will transfer the bodies.
(c) Because the hospital is a neutral site, and they will be safe there.
(d) The hospital is at the top of a hill, so they can see the militia approaching from any direction.

4. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?
(a) Nafisi's colleague at the University of Tehran.
(b) A nationalist leader who became prime minister in 1979.
(c) An Iranian intellectual who escaped to Iraq to avoid jail.
(d) One of Nafisi's students.

5. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?
(a) She has a forbidden satellite dish.
(b) She believes her neighbor will blame her for whatever happens.
(c) She has young children who are afraid of guns.
(d) She hasn't cleaned the house for a religious celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?

2. Why does the government first enforce the requirement that women remain covered in workplaces and shops?

3. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?

4. Who delays Nafisi's expulsion from the university?

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

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