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

2. Why does the literature professor dislike Manna and Nima?
(a) They are not able to write well.
(b) They write papers that disagree with his views.
(c) They are falling in love during his class.
(d) They dislike reading the literature he assigns.

3. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?
(a) All novels are stories with imaginary characters like fairy tales.
(b) Fairy tales and novels both demonstrate the beauty of the natural world.
(c) Even though fairy tales have monsters, good ultimately wins over evil.
(d) Because all good novelists begin to write after reading fairy tales.

4. 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) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.
(d) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.

5. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?
(a) Because the students are not interested in reading and discussing literature.
(b) She is concerned that they will be punished by their families for attending her class.
(c) Because her students show no signs of being individuals.
(d) She is worried that they cannot afford the flowers she expects them to bring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?

2. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?

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

4. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 9, what author does Nafisi discuss with the magician?

(see the answer key)

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