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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.
(b) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(c) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.
(d) A group called the Party of Allah.

2. Nafisi describes Austen as being most interested in depicting what?
(a) Social class.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

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

4. What is a perfectly equipped failure?
(a) A person who has every advantage, yet fails to complete simple tasks.
(b) A person who gives up their own integrity, but fails to become a success.
(c) A person who consciously chooses their own failure to preserve their own sense of integrity.
(d) An individual who never tries to fulfill his or her potential.

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

6. What project is Nassrin working on?
(a) Translating Islamic texts into English.
(b) A thesis on the works of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
(c) Translating English texts into Persian.
(d) Reading all the works of Islamic leaders.

7. What teaching technique does Nafisi use in conjunction with the study of "The Great Gatsby"?
(a) She teaches the novel using the Socratic method, which the students have never seen before.
(b) She chooses students to lead the class discussion.
(c) Nafisi asks the students to construct character sketches of the novel's main characters and compare the sketches to their own lives.
(d) The class puts the novel on trial, choosing people to play the roles of lawyers, judge, and jury.

8. 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.

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

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

11. What does Nafisi emphasize in the introductory course she teaches in Part 3?
(a) The ways novels present women in Western culture.
(b) The ways novels emphasize religious and cultural values.
(c) The ways novels are similar to contemporary life.
(d) The ways novels change ideas about relationships between individuals.

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

13. Why does Professor R. continue to participate in vigils at the University of Tehran after he resigns from his position?
(a) He wants his students to see him as a political figure and an inspiration for their own political choices.
(b) He is angry with the university's decision to change the curriculum, and wants to punish the leaders for their decision.
(c) He wants his students to know he did not leave because he was afraid the government would persecute him.
(d) He believes that the university needed to know how strongly he felt about his actions.

14. Who does Nafisi agree not to contact after she leaves Iran?
(a) The University of Tehran.
(b) Manna.
(c) Nassrin.
(d) The magician.

15. In Part 3, Chapter 19, where does Nafisi go?
(a) To a concert by foreign musicians.
(b) To a meeting at the magician's house.
(c) To a screening of foreign films by a Russian director.
(d) To a class at a foreign university.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, Chapter 20, what does Nassrin decide to do?

2. What is the relationship between Nafisi and her first husband?

3. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?

4. What happens to Nassrin after she leaves Iran?

5. In the epilogue, Nafisi makes an allusion to which novel?

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