Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the epilogue, Nafisi makes an allusion to which novel?
2. What causes the Iranian regime to temporarily relax the strict enforcement of their policies?
3. Which character is the main subject of Part 3, Chapter 27?
4. How does Nafisi describe the Iranian perception of America?
5. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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"?
2. What does Nafisi do during her early years as a professor at the University of Tehran?
3. How does Nafisi react to the increase in protests, demonstrations, and violence associated with the revolution?
4. Why does Nafisi focus on Azin's painted fingernails?
5. Nafisi first mentions the magician in Part 1, Chapter 10. Why does she wait until Part 2, Chapter 20, to describe him more fully?
6. What are the similarities between the lives of the characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and the lives of Nafisi's students?
7. What does it mean to be complicit in one's own crimes?
8. 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?
9. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?
10. Why does Nafisi refer to the concert she attends as a parody of the real thing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the students from one of Nafisi's University classes and one of the students from Nafisi's secret class. Describe how the life of each character was shaped through his or her interaction with fiction. What role or roles does fiction play in the life of that character? Does the character change at all through his or her interaction with fiction?
Essay Topic 2
Nafisi is the narrator for the actions of herself, the regime, and her students throughout the book. What would a credible witness say about the actions of a totalitarian regime? Is Nafisi a credible reporter? Is her credibility complete or does it have obvious biases that challenge her credibility? Does her credibility remain the same throughout the book? What evidence within the book supports your claims?
Essay Topic 3
In Section I, Chapter 4, Mahsid says "everyday life does not have fewer horrors than prison." Choose 3 characters from the book and write an essay that illustrates the truthfulness or untruthfulness of this statement from each of their perspectives. What are their everyday horrors? How do these characters respond to them?
|
This section contains 1,378 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
