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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. In Chapter 9, what does Yassi ask Nafisi ?
(a) Yassi asks if she should go to America.
(b) Yassi asks if she should remain at the University of Tehran.
(c) Yassi asks if she can live with Nafisi.
(d) Yassi asks if she is like Lolita.

2. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?
(a) A method of learning to speak another language.
(b) An act of conformity to the prevailing government.
(c) A way of revisiting her childhood in a foreign country.
(d) A type of rebellion by an otherwise domesticated wife and mother.

3. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.
(b) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.
(c) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(d) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, what are Nafisi and her male acquaintance discussing?
(a) How life in the Islamic Republic has turned everyday activities into exciting secret missions.
(b) Where to find food and books in Tehran.
(c) The types of literature that should be discussed in a private study group.
(d) What happened when the University of Tehran was closed.

5. In Chapter 15, how does the study group define a villain?
(a) One who bows to authority figures.
(b) One who molests a child.
(c) One who knowingly challenges the religious culture of the ruling party.
(d) One who lacks curiosity about other people, being only interested in his/her vision of other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the literature professor dislike Manna and Nima?

2. Who demands entry into Nafisi's house?

3. What does Nafisi share with her male acquaintance in Chapter 16?

4. What does Nafisi's study group conclude about "Lolita"?

5. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nafisi ask her children about their memories of Iran?

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

4. What is the role of literature in Part 1, Chapter 20?

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

6. In Chapter 2, why does Nafisi describe the first meeting of the study group in present tense instead of past tense?

7. How is Professor X's method of teaching literature different than Nafisi's method of teaching literature?

8. What is the relationship between the imaginary rain shower and the meeting of Nafisi's class?

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

10. What factors cause Nafisi to resign from her position at the university?

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