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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 happens to Iranian writers and publishers during the mid-nineties?
(a) They are exiled to America and other Western cultures.
(b) They are forbidden from publishing their works.
(c) They are interrogated, expelled, and sometimes killed.
(d) They are only allowed to write in Persian.

2. What is a perfectly equipped failure?
(a) An individual who never tries to fulfill his or her potential.
(b) A person who has every advantage, yet fails to complete simple tasks.
(c) A person who gives up their own integrity, but fails to become a success.
(d) A person who consciously chooses their own failure to preserve their own sense of integrity.

3. What does Nafisi notice is missing from the walls at the university?
(a) Notices about proper conduct and attire.
(b) Political slogans.
(c) Notices about films, talks, and books.
(d) Pictures of political leaders.

4. Whose death is announced in Part 3, Chapter 33?
(a) The death of Ayatollah Khomeini.
(b) The death of Nafisi's former student.
(c) The death of Nafisi's mother.
(d) The death of the magician.

5. How is Nafisi's generation different from that of her students?
(a) Nafisi's generation like the events of their past, while her students dislike their past.
(b) Nafisi's generation dislike their past, while her students celebrate their past.
(c) Nafisi's generation had no past, while her students have no future.
(d) Nafisi's generation had a past to compare to their present, while her students have no past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?

2. What is Mina's job?

3. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?

4. What teaching technique does Nafisi use in conjunction with the study of "The Great Gatsby"?

5. Why is Negar upset?

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