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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?
(a) They are searching for contraband.
(b) They want to see what was happening on her neighbor's property.
(c) She is able to provide them with safety.
(d) They think she is selling and using drugs.

2. What is the main point of Chapter 12?
(a) Copies of books are not readily available in Tehran.
(b) To provide the reader with an understanding of how "Lolita" was sold in Tehran.
(c) To provide the reader with a sketch of the class meeting to discuss "Lolita."
(d) The students enjoy reading "Lolita."

3. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Looking over the class notes she kept from the study sessions.
(b) Remembering her life as a child.
(c) Looking at the photographs of the girls.
(d) Cleaning out her office at the University of Tehran.

4. In Chapter 20, Nafisi tells a story about what event that happened to Manna and Nima?
(a) They were kicked out of the study group.
(b) They began to become more orthodox.
(c) They were expelled from the university.
(d) They realized that literature is not as important as survival.

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

6. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

7. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Washington.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Jail.

8. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?
(a) They share a passion for the revolutionary cause.
(b) They are in the same literature study group.
(c) They share a common passion for literature.
(d) They see parallels between their lives and the lives of Humbert and Lolita.

9. What are the biggest threats to an idealized vision of an individual or a country?
(a) The use of literature as a teaching tool.
(b) Goals for the present government.
(c) Interactions between men and women.
(d) The memory of what was real in the past and a sense of imagination about future possibilities.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what are Nafisi and her male acquaintance discussing?
(a) What happened when the University of Tehran was closed.
(b) Where to find food and books in Tehran.
(c) How life in the Islamic Republic has turned everyday activities into exciting secret missions.
(d) The types of literature that should be discussed in a private study group.

11. Who demands entry into Nafisi's house?
(a) Nafisi's children.
(b) The ayatollahs.
(c) Students from Nafisi's study group.
(d) Members of the Revolutionary Committee.

12. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(b) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(c) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(d) Both girls have been raped by older men.

13. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?
(a) Humbert is in love with Lolita.
(b) Lolita has no other choice but to stay with Humbert.
(c) Lolita is in love with Humbert.
(d) Humbert does not understand Lolita.

14. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Arabic.
(d) French.

15. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?
(a) The desire for morality.
(b) The desire for justice.
(c) The desire for truth.
(d) The desire for beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?

3. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?

4. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?

5. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?

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