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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Arabic.

2. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Jail.
(b) Washington.
(c) Tehran.
(d) At a restaurant.

3. When the intruders enter Nafisi's house, what happens?
(a) The doorbell rings.
(b) There is a gun battle with Nafisi's neighbor.
(c) They catch Nafisi and the study group reading a book.
(d) They take her children away.

4. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(b) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(c) She had been married and divorced.
(d) She was leaving for America.

5. What is the main point of Chapter 12?
(a) Copies of books are not readily available in Tehran.
(b) The students enjoy reading "Lolita."
(c) To provide the reader with a sketch of the class meeting to discuss "Lolita."
(d) To provide the reader with an understanding of how "Lolita" was sold in Tehran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?

2. Why does Nafisi's acquaintance refuse to meet with her students?

3. How does Nabokov's character Cincinnatus C. become a hero?

4. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?

5. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nassrin say she has been caught in the middle of tradition and change her entire life?

2. Why do Nafisi and her students feel so strongly about Nabokov and his works?

3. What is the significance of the green gate Nafisi mentions in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Nafisi believe the scene where Humbert picked up Lolita at summer camp is the heart of Nabokov's novel?

5. How does the Iranian regime expect women to behave on the streets of Tehran?

6. Why does Nafisi include Part 1, Chapter 12 in her memoir?

7. What does the magician do with the photographs Nafisi shows him?

8. Why do the magician and Nafisi enjoy each other's company so much?

9. What is the purpose of the dreams that Nafisi describes?

10. Why does Nafisi consider Humbert to be a seducer of the readers of "Lolita"?

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