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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?
(a) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.
(b) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.
(c) She chooses students who can afford to pay her on a regular basis.
(d) She chooses students who dislike the liberal qualities of the university.

2. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?
(a) Her mother does not believe those items are appropriate for women.
(b) She is more concerned with literature and the inner world of knowledge.
(c) She is too poor to afford material possessions.
(d) Her belongings were taken by revolutionaries.

3. Why is it so difficult to find a copy of "Lolita" in Tehran?
(a) The bookstores are unable to order books with female characters.
(b) Students prefer to read from photocopies, not books.
(c) The bookstores are closed.
(d) The book has been banned.

4. How do the Iranian authorities view the country's past?
(a) Iran's past is considered important in the development of a perfect Koranic society.
(b) The Iranian leaders see the country's past as an example for other societies.
(c) The past is irrelevant to the leaders who want to establish a perfect Koranic society.
(d) Iran's past is used as a foundation for the development of a more modern society.

5. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?

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

3. What symbol does Nafisi think of when she thinks of Lolita?

4. Why does Nafisi remind the students of Nabokov?

5. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?

(see the answer key)

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