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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question does Nafisi ask at the beginning of her first class at the University of Tehran?
(a) What did you think about the choice of books for this course?
(b) Why is it important to get a college education?
(c) Why should anyone read fiction?
(d) Why do you believe there will be a cultural revolution?

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

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 the magician.
(d) The death of Nafisi's mother.

5. What is Nafisi feeling when the classroom trial of "The Great Gatsby" ends?
(a) A sense of anticipation for the next novel.
(b) Sadness because the students began fighting.
(c) Exhilaration about the engagement of the students.
(d) A sense of loss and mourning.

6. In Part 4, Chapter 20, what does Nassrin decide to do?
(a) Stay in Iran.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to London to live with her sister.
(d) Get divorced.

7. Who is Hojatol-Islam Ali Khamenei?
(a) The president of the university.
(b) The successor to Ayatollah Khomeini.
(c) One of Nafisi's students.
(d) The magician.

8. Who is Mr. Bahir?
(a) The department chair of the Language Department at the University of Tehran.
(b) The owner of her favorite bookstore.
(c) One of Nafisi's students.
(d) A man executed for charges of being too Westernized.

9. In the epilogue, Nafisi makes an allusion to which novel?
(a) "Daisy Miller."
(b) "The Great Gatsby."
(c) "Lolita."
(d) "Invitation to a Beheading."

10. In Part 2, Chapter 12, why does Nafisi decide to cancel class?
(a) So she can demonstrate against the government taking over the university.
(b) Because her students are not coming to class, and she doesn't want to teach to an empty room.
(c) So she can have more time to read books.
(d) So she can go to a meeting to protest the government's requirement that women wear a veil in public.

11. Azin is described as having what noticeable characteristic?
(a) Bright red fingernail polish.
(b) Long, thick brown hair.
(c) Red, pouty lips.
(d) A bright blue head scarf.

12. What is Nafisi's occupation after she leaves Iran?
(a) She is a teacher and writer.
(b) She is an Iranian travel guide.
(c) She is a mentor for Iranian graduate students.
(d) She is a demonstrator against the Iranian regime.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?
(a) The bodies of the wounded and dead students are supposedly at the hospital, and demonstrators are concerned the police will transfer the bodies.
(b) Because the hospital is a neutral site, and they will be safe there.
(c) The hospital is at the top of a hill, so they can see the militia approaching from any direction.
(d) The demonstrators are seriously injured by the police and need medical treatment.

14. Who does Nafisi believe is an example of a National Writer?
(a) She believes Mark Twain is an example of a National Writer.
(b) She believes all writers are National Writers.
(c) She believes all writers are national writers, but no writer is a National Writer.
(d) She believes Nabokov is an example of a National Writer.

15. In Part 4, Chapter 12, where do Nafisi and her husband go?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To a cafe.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To a lecture by a famous author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nafisi do with help from Mr. Forsati?

2. Why does Yassi walk faster then suddenly stop when she is out with a gentleman caller?

3. What does Mr. Forsati want to do?

4. How is Mr. Nahvi like Jane Austen's character Elizabeth Bennet?

5. Who is Mike Gold?

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