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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?
(a) One of Nafisi's students.
(b) A nationalist leader who became prime minister in 1979.
(c) An Iranian intellectual who escaped to Iraq to avoid jail.
(d) Nafisi's colleague at the University of Tehran.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what do Laleh and Nafisi discuss at the restaurant?
(a) The actions of the Committee on Cultural Revolution.
(b) Laleh's decision to become a seamstress.
(c) Nafisi's expulsion from the University of Tehran.
(d) Laleh's expulsion from the University of Tehran.

4. What is the question Nafisi asks of all married couples?
(a) Are you still in love?
(b) Did you fall in love?
(c) Why did you get married?
(d) When did you fall in love?

5. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.
(b) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(c) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.
(d) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.

6. In Part 4, Chapter 24, why do the girls have to sit in the back room of the restaurant?
(a) The girls can remove their head scarves if they sit in the back room.
(b) The cafe is too small to accommodate the large group in the front.
(c) Only men are permitted in the main section.
(d) Unaccompanied women are not allowed to sit in the main section.

7. What is Hizbollah?
(a) A religious group also known as the Party of Allah, who are determined to put God's laws into practice on earth.
(b) A group of radical Muslims who murdered the Ayatollah Taleghani.
(c) The title of a religious tract that all Iranians must follow according to the regime leaders.
(d) The name of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.

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

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

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

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

12. Which character is the main subject of Part 3, Chapter 27?
(a) Mahtab.
(b) Manna.
(c) The Kid.
(d) Yassrin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, Chapter 12, where do Nafisi and her husband go?

2. Why does Nafisi form a friendship with Jeff?

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

4. What project is Nassrin working on?

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

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