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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The desire for what intangible object drives Nafisi's students?
(a) The desire for morality.
(b) The desire for truth.
(c) The desire for beauty.
(d) The desire for justice.

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

5. How does Nafisi's male acquaintance think he can tell a person's character?
(a) By watching them walk.
(b) By listening to them speak.
(c) By holding something they have worn.
(d) By looking at their photo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mashid jailed?

2. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?

4. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?

5. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?

(see the answer key)

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