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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?
(a) To create a secret language using invented words.
(b) To remember what Nafisi taught in her university classes.
(c) To analyze the types of women found in a piece of literature.
(d) To relax and enjoy reading.

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

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

4. What does Nafisi consider to be the first lesson in democracy?
(a) All individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(b) All individuals have the right to freedom of speech.
(c) All individuals have the right to dress as they please.
(d) All individuals have the right to vote for their own leaders.

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

6. How does Nafisi feel about revealing herself in class?
(a) As if she were having her insides pulled out.
(b) As if she were being undressed in front of strangers.
(c) As if she were being forced to examine herself.
(d) As if she were surrounded by her best friends.

7. Why is Negar upset?
(a) She is not allowed to console a friend who had been poorly treated at school.
(b) She is not allowed to join Nafisi's literature discussions.
(c) Her friendship bracelet has been taken away at school.
(d) She is being taken to jail for insubordination.

8. What does Nafisi share with her male acquaintance in Chapter 16?
(a) A car ride.
(b) An ice cream cone.
(c) A ham sandwich.
(d) A dinner party.

9. How does Nafisi's male acquaintance think he can tell a person's character?
(a) By listening to them speak.
(b) By holding something they have worn.
(c) By looking at their photo.
(d) By watching them walk.

10. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(b) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(c) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.
(d) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.

11. What scene opens Chapter 12?
(a) Nafisi teaching a class at the University.
(b) Nafisi search for books in a bookstore.
(c) The class sitting around a table in Nafisi's apartment.
(d) The members of the class arriving at Nafisi's house.

12. What does Nafisi's study group conclude about "Lolita"?
(a) She was the victim of two crimes, losing her life and her own life story.
(b) She was a despicable and shallow girl.
(c) She was not the victim she always claimed to be.
(d) She was a highly desirable but difficult young woman.

13. How does Nafisi refer to her male acquaintance?
(a) As "my boyfriend."
(b) As "my mentor."
(c) As "my colleague."
(d) As "my magician."

14. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(b) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(c) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(d) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.

15. Where does Nafisi write her class notes?
(a) Small scraps of paper.
(b) Pocket calendars.
(c) Lined paper tablets.
(d) Big diaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the everyday lives of Nafisi and her students as a result of the secret class?

2. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?

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

4. What object becomes popular in Iran?

5. How did Nafisi learn of her father's arrest?

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