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

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

4. What happens to Nassrin after she leaves Iran?
(a) She stays in contact with Nafisi.
(b) She returns to Iran because she misses her family.
(c) She travels to America.
(d) She arrives safely in England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What teaching technique does Nafisi use in conjunction with the study of "The Great Gatsby"?

2. Azin is described as having what noticeable characteristic?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?

4. According to Zarrin, when is a novel moral?

5. Who does Nafisi meet with in Part 3, Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the contemporary events in Iran similar to the events that Nafisi describes in her classroom?

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

3. 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"?

4. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?

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

6. 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?

7. What are the similarities between the lives of the characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and the lives of Nafisi's students?

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

9. Why does the magician tell Nafisi she should return to teaching?

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

(see the answer keys)

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