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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Nafisi's generation different from that of her students?
(a) Nafisi's generation had a past to compare to their present, while her students have no past.
(b) Nafisi's generation like the events of their past, while her students dislike their past.
(c) Nafisi's generation dislike their past, while her students celebrate their past.
(d) Nafisi's generation had no past, while her students have no future.

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

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

4. Why do the students begin to keep vigils at the University of Tehran?
(a) To encourage the government to close down the university.
(b) They are protesting the expulsion of their favorite professors.
(c) They are tired of going to class and want to be part of the Revolution.
(d) To prevent the university from being closed down by the government.

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

6. What is the relationship between Nafisi and her first husband?
(a) They clash over appropriate ways for women to behave and ultimately divorce.
(b) He teaches her how to become a demonstrator and serves as her first mentor.
(c) They enjoy a good relationship until Nafisi begins demonstrating in support of the Iranian government.
(d) She learns from him how to become a traditional Iranian wife.

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

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

9. In Part 2, Chapter 23, what are Mr. Nyazi and another student arguing about?
(a) Whether or not Nafisi should be expelled from the university.
(b) The morality of "The Great Gatsby."
(c) The value of teaching "The Great Gatsby" in an Islamic society.
(d) Whether or not the government intends to close down the universities.

10. Why does Nafisi say the dream in "The Great Gatsby" is not a comment on America as a materialistic county?
(a) Because "The Great Gatsby" is about wanting to be richer than your neighbors.
(b) Because the novel does not include any rich characters.
(c) The dream represents Nick's inability to be honest as a narrator.
(d) Because the dream is about what one can become, not about money.

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

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

13. Why does Nafisi state it is important to introduce her students to the works of Saul Bellow?
(a) Because Bellow presents Western society as not being decadent, and Nafisi believes her students need to see Western culture as not being decadent.
(b) Because Bellow provides an aesthetic counterpoint to the limitations of Austen's novels.
(c) Because Bellow shows the problems and fears of the West, and Nafisi believes her students look at the West uncritically.
(d) Because she believes her students should read more American authors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nafisi feeling when the classroom trial of "The Great Gatsby" ends?

2. What does Nafisi notice is missing from the walls at the university?

3. What political event described at the beginning of Chapter 9 sets the tone for the subsequent actions of Nafisi's students?

4. Which character is the main subject of Part 3, Chapter 27?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 14, which former student comes to see Nafisi?

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