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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 Part 3, Chapter 14, what author does Mr. Ghoni use to indirectly question Nafisi?
(a) Vladimir Nabokov.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Henry James.

2. Why does the government first enforce the requirement that women remain covered in workplaces and shops?
(a) Because the shop owners are uncomfortable serving women who are not covered.
(b) Because women object to the law, and the government wants to reinforce its authority.
(c) Because there is no way to enforce the requirement at the university.
(d) Because women are already wearing the chador at home.

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

4. What is Nafisi's occupation after she leaves Iran?
(a) She is an Iranian travel guide.
(b) She is a teacher and writer.
(c) She is a demonstrator against the Iranian regime.
(d) She is a mentor for Iranian graduate students.

5. In Part 3, Chapter 4, who asks to meet with Nafisi?
(a) Laleh.
(b) Mr. Bahir.
(c) The Committee on Cultural Revolution.
(d) Mr. Nyazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nyazi consider to be a positive aspect of "The Great Gatsby"?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?

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

4. What activity does Nafisi do with her students to help them understand the characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what does Sanaz announce she is going to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nafisi focus on Azin's painted fingernails?

2. Nafisi first mentions the magician in Part 1, Chapter 10. Why does she wait until Part 2, Chapter 20, to describe him more fully?

3. What does it mean to be complicit in one's own crimes?

4. What does Nafisi mean by her statement that she "left Iran, but Iran did not leave me?"

5. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?

6. Why is Nafisi conflicted about returning to full-time teaching?

7. What happens to Nafisi during her discussion with Mr. Bahri about wearing the veil?

8. What does Nafisi do during her early years as a professor at the University of Tehran?

9. Why does Nafisi add an epilogue to the end of the memoir?

10. Why does Nafisi refer to the concert she attends as a parody of the real thing?

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