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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. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?
(a) Across from an ex-American hospital.
(b) On the campus of the University of Tehran.
(c) In the middle of a mountain range.
(d) Above a restaurant.

2. Why does Nafisi remind the students of Nabokov?
(a) Nabokov believed that a totalitarian government offered students the chance to be free.
(b) Because Nabokov symbolizes the kind of writer that the students want be become.
(c) Because Nabokov wrote in an unsettled environment like the setting the students are in.
(d) Nabokov is Nafisi's favorite author.

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

4. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?
(a) She describes the arrival of each student on the first day of class.
(b) She shows the photograph that was taken of the group of students.
(c) She gives each student a nickname based on their favorite book.
(d) She describes the students as a group so the reader understands the importance of community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?

2. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?

3. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?

4. What do the class members take turns doing each week?

5. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?

(see the answer key)

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