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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) So she can have more time to read books.
(c) So she can go to a meeting to protest the government's requirement that women wear a veil in public.
(d) Because her students are not coming to class, and she doesn't want to teach to an empty room.

2. Who delays Nafisi's expulsion from the university?
(a) Mr. Bahir and some of Nafisi's former students.
(b) The Committee on the Cultural Revolution.
(c) Dr. A.
(d) Nafisi's secular colleagues.

3. What does Nafisi describe in the epilogue?
(a) How she made the decision to leave Iran.
(b) The activities of her former students after Nafisi left Iran.
(c) Her journey to America.
(d) The memories of her former students who were executed.

4. Why does Nafisi collect pictures of martyrs during the war?
(a) They are evidence that the government has committed war crimes.
(b) She sees the war as a sign that she should become more religious.
(c) She knows many of the people who are killed and wants to have a reminder of their lives.
(d) It is a superstitious action, a way to deal with forces outside her control.

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

6. How does Mr. Bahir become president of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Tehran?
(a) He creates the organization and names himself leader.
(b) He makes persuasive speeches that draw attention to his leadership qualities.
(c) He works his way up through patience and dedication.
(d) He uses force to win the position.

7. According to Nafisi, how can one stop "dancing with the jailer"?
(a) Become a part of the ruling party and end oppression.
(b) Give in to the desires of the regime and follow the nation's laws.
(c) Remember that life is cyclical, and this time will end soon.
(d) Find a way to preserve one's uniqueness and individuality despite opposition and persecution.

8. Why does Yassi walk faster then suddenly stop when she is out with a gentleman caller?
(a) She is trying to escape the chaperones, but finally realizes it is useless.
(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 wants to see if he understands the game and would be a good match for her.

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

10. Why does Nafisi include a chapter on "Washington Square"?
(a) It is a statement about the importance of Henry James.
(b) It is a memorial to a former student who was executed.
(c) It is a symbol of the difficulties being faced by Nafisi's students.
(d) It is a book that reminds Nafisi of her childhood.

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

12. How does Nafisi describe the Iranian perception of America?
(a) As sad, forcing her to change her way of thinking.
(b) As encouraging, signalling their renewed interest in Western thought.
(c) As mythical, combining elements of Satan and Paradise Lost.
(d) As realistic, exposing the immorality of Western culture.

13. What does Nafisi describe as "the most unforgivable crime in fiction"?
(a) Use of a flawed heroine.
(b) Absence of beauty.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Sexual immorality.

14. What is the Dear Jane Society?
(a) The nickname for Nafisi's study name.
(b) A secret society Nafisi's students never actually form.
(c) The nickname for Nafisi's students who love Jane Austen.
(d) A group of Nafisi's students who have broken up with their boyfriends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Forsati want to do?

2. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?

3. Why does the government first enforce the requirement that women remain covered in workplaces and shops?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 19, where does Nafisi go?

5. Why does Nafisi include the scene from "Invitation to a Beheading" in Chapter 22?

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