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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 23 - 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.
(b) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.
(c) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.
(d) The dreamer has escaped to America.

2. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?
(a) She wants to teach literature to smaller groups in private.
(b) The governance of the University is arbitrary.
(c) The University of Tehran is too liberal.
(d) She isn't able to do the type of scholarship the government required.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 4, who asks to meet with Nafisi?
(a) Mr. Nyazi.
(b) Laleh.
(c) Mr. Bahir.
(d) The Committee on Cultural Revolution.

4. What becomes part of the "landscape" of Nafisi's class?
(a) The mountains in the mirror.
(b) The oppression of the Iranian regime.
(c) Nafisi's life and family.
(d) The presence of the magician.

5. Who was Nafisi's father?
(a) A famous author.
(b) The youngest mayor of Tehran in pre-revolutionary Iran.
(c) The director of a high school in Switzerland.
(d) A troubled businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 19, where does Nafisi go?

2. How does the class study of "The Great Gatsby" affect Nafisi?

3. Why do Ministry of Education officials ask the faculty at Nafisi's school if they thought they were in Switzerland?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 14, what author does Mr. Ghoni use to indirectly question Nafisi?

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

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