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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?
(a) She has young children who are afraid of guns.
(b) She hasn't cleaned the house for a religious celebration.
(c) She believes her neighbor will blame her for whatever happens.
(d) She has a forbidden satellite dish.

2. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The students in Nafisi's class.
(b) The men who the students are related to.
(c) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(d) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.

3. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(b) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(c) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.
(d) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.

4. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(b) Both girls have been raped by older men.
(c) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(d) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.

5. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She had been married and divorced.
(b) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(c) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(d) She was leaving for America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?

2. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?

3. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

4. What does Nassrin's mother teach her daughter?

5. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the first chapter in Part II?

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