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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the professor solve problems of literary criticism?
(a) By telling students that literary criticism is not important.
(b) By talking to his colleagues on the University faculty.
(c) By finding critical essays that support his viewpoint.
(d) By asking the class to vote on matters of interpretation.

2. In Part 3, Chapter 9, what author does Nafisi discuss with the magician?
(a) Nabokov.
(b) Twain.
(c) Hammett.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. What does Nafisi consider to be the first lesson in democracy?
(a) All individuals have the right to vote for their own leaders.
(b) All individuals have the right to freedom of speech.
(c) All individuals have the right to dress as they please.
(d) All individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

4. What object becomes popular in Iran?
(a) A satellite dish.
(b) Foreign language novels.
(c) A mirror.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

5. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?
(a) They share a common passion for literature.
(b) They share a passion for the revolutionary cause.
(c) They see parallels between their lives and the lives of Humbert and Lolita.
(d) They are in the same literature study group.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?

3. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?

4. Who is Mrs. Rezvan?

5. Who is the villain in "Lolita"?

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