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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapters 13 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject do both Mike Gold and F. Scott Fitzgerald write about?
(a) Dreams, specifically the American Dream.
(b) The value in being poor.
(c) The morality of the wealthy.
(d) Loss, specifically the loss of innocence.

2. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?
(a) "Non-revolutionary" authors such as Joyce, Nabokov, Woolf, and Austin.
(b) "Revolutionary" authors who are tied to current political ideologies.
(c) Authors who show the benefits of a religious society.
(d) Authors who have female characters with strong opinions.

3. Nafisi describes Austen as being most interested in depicting what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Social class.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Love.

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

5. In Part 3, Chapter 4, who asks to meet with Nafisi?
(a) Mr. Bahir.
(b) Laleh.
(c) The Committee on Cultural Revolution.
(d) Mr. Nyazi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nafisi state it is important to introduce her students to the works of Saul Bellow?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?

4. How does Nafisi's acquaintance describe her students?

5. Why does the professor ask Nima if his wife brainwashed him?

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