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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Why does Yassi walk faster then suddenly stop when she is out with a gentleman caller?
(a) She wants to see if he understands the game and would be a good match for her.
(b) She wants to avoid spending much time with the gentleman caller, then realizes that he is a good match.
(c) She is surprised by the police who make her afraid, then she realizes that the gentleman will help protect her.
(d) She is trying to escape the chaperones, but finally realizes it is useless.

4. What right does Nafisi fantasize about being added to the Bill of Rights?
(a) The right to not wear a veil or head scarf.
(b) The right to travel in and out of Iran without fear.
(c) The right to teach Western literature in Iran.
(d) The right to free access to imagination.

5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what does Sanaz announce she is going to do?
(a) Go to Turkey and see a man.
(b) Stop coming to the study club.
(c) Become a teacher.
(d) Go to America and enroll in a university.

6. What does Nyazi consider to be a positive aspect of "The Great Gatsby"?
(a) It provides a model of a good marriage relationship.
(b) It describes the way society should function.
(c) It presents the American Dream.
(d) It exposes the immorality of American society.

7. What game does Nafisi play when she begins wearing a black robe?
(a) She pretends her whole body disappears, and she becomes invisible.
(b) She pretends that everyone can see her as a human being.
(c) She pretends she is a religious leader and has additional authority.
(d) She pretends that nothing has changed, and she is not wearing a robe.

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

9. What happens to Sanaz when she is on vacation?
(a) Revolutionary Guards search the house where she is staying and take her to jail for 48 hours.
(b) She is expelled from the university because she is in Nafisi's study group.
(c) She decides that she can no longer participate in the goals of the revolution.
(d) She is kidnapped by her brother, who accuses her of being too Westernized.

10. In Part 2, Chapter 15, what does Dr. A. do that causes a student to honor him many years later?
(a) He testifies in Revolutionary Court in favor of a former student, which is a dangerous action.
(b) He writes a pamphlet criticizing the Iranian government, which causes students to develop independent newsletters.
(c) He teaches a class on drama and film that is the most popular class on campus.
(d) He resigns his position at the university to protest changes in the curriculum.

11. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?
(a) To learn more about the principles of Islam.
(b) To teach classic works of English literature.
(c) To read and study classic works of English literature.
(d) To read and study classical Persian literature.

12. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?
(a) A large seminar called Research.
(b) Classes in English as a Second Language.
(c) A large seminar using banned books.
(d) A small study group related to the works of Nabokov.

13. Why does Nafisi form a friendship with Jeff?
(a) Because her relationship with her husband is strained, and she is lonely.
(b) They are both actively demonstrating against the Iranian government.
(c) They both enjoy having a friend who speaks English and has memories of America.
(d) Jeff is one of her best students, and they enjoy discussing literature together.

14. What activity does Nafisi do with her students to help them understand the characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"?
(a) She dances with them.
(b) She puts the main character on trial.
(c) She asks them to write descriptions of the main characters.
(d) She takes them to a cafe.

15. In Part 3, Chapter 14, what author does Mr. Ghoni use to indirectly question Nafisi?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Vladimir Nabokov.
(c) Henry James.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Nafisi agree not to contact after she leaves Iran?

3. In Part 4, Chapter 24, why do the girls have to sit in the back room of the restaurant?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 13, what does Nafisi get on the first day she begins teaching?

5. What does Nafisi describe as "the most unforgivable crime in fiction"?

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