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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. In Part 3, Chapter 14, which former student comes to see Nafisi?
(a) Mr. Bahri.
(b) Nima.
(c) Mahtab.
(d) Manna.

2. What game does Nafisi play when she begins wearing a black robe?
(a) She pretends that everyone can see her as a human being.
(b) She pretends her whole body disappears, and she becomes invisible.
(c) She pretends that nothing has changed, and she is not wearing a robe.
(d) She pretends she is a religious leader and has additional authority.

3. How did Nafisi learn of her father's arrest?
(a) The government came to her house.
(b) Her father told her many years later.
(c) She was pulled out of her sophomore class in Switzerland.
(d) She heard her mother telling her sister.

4. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?
(a) In the middle of fiction and reality.
(b) In the middle of insubordination and obedience.
(c) In the middle of tradition and change.
(d) In the middle of safety and danger.

5. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?
(a) It is a critique of what occurs in totalitarian systems.
(b) It is a morality tale about what happens to girls who disobey.
(c) It is an example of how to achieve perfection.
(d) It is a demonstration of religious fanaticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are students at Nafisi's school regularly asked to do?

2. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?

3. What does Nafisi emphasize in the introductory course she teaches in Part 3?

4. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?

5. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?

(see the answer key)

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