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

2. How does the class study of "The Great Gatsby" affect Nafisi?
(a) She learns that she is really an American, not an Iranian.
(b) She becomes sad, because her students do not enjoy the novel.
(c) She discovers that she loves teaching revolutionary novels.
(d) She gains insight into her feelings and desires about her work and the meaning of literature in her life.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 14, what do the police do to the women at the protest meeting?
(a) The police protect the women who come to protest.
(b) The police push the women with the butts of their guns, and order them to go home.
(c) The police stand off to one side and watch the event without participating.
(d) The police arrest the women and take them all to jail.

4. Who is Ramin?
(a) Mrs. Rezvan's son.
(b) One of Nafisi's students who was executed.
(c) The name of the Iranian president.
(d) Nassrin's boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 13, what does Nafisi get on the first day she begins teaching?

2. How does Nafisi feel when she hears the announcement that Iraq has attacked Iran?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 15, what does Dr. A. do that causes a student to honor him many years later?

4. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?

5. What right does Nafisi fantasize about being added to the Bill of Rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the impact of Iran's war with Iraq?

2. How has Miss Ruhi changed since her introduction in Part 3, Chapter 14?

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

4. Part 2, Chapter 11 begins with a quote from Mike Gold, "Art is useful as bread." How is this quote related to the rest of the chapter and to previous incidents in Nafisi's text?

5. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?

6. Why does Nafisi think teaching "The Great Gatsby" was the right choice for that time and place?

7. How are Mr. Ghoni's statements about "Daisy Miller" in Part 3, Chapter 15, similar to Mr. Nyazi's statements in Part 3, Chapters 17 and 18, about "The Great Gatsby"?

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

9. What are the similarities between Sanaz's experience in jail and the experience of Cincinnatus in "Invitation to a Beheading"? What are the differences between their experiences?

10. Why does Nafisi get upset with students in her class at Alzahrah University (Part 3, Chapter 25)?

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