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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapters 13 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ramin?
(a) Nassrin's boyfriend.
(b) The name of the Iranian president.
(c) One of Nafisi's students who was executed.
(d) Mrs. Rezvan's son.

2. What is Mina's job?
(a) Mother.
(b) Translator.
(c) Baker.
(d) Teacher.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?
(a) Because the hospital is a neutral site, and they will be safe there.
(b) The hospital is at the top of a hill, so they can see the militia approaching from any direction.
(c) The demonstrators are seriously injured by the police and need medical treatment.
(d) The bodies of the wounded and dead students are supposedly at the hospital, and demonstrators are concerned the police will transfer the bodies.

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

5. In Part 4, Chapter 12, where do Nafisi and her husband go?
(a) To a cafe.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To a lecture by a famous author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nafisi believe is an example of a National Writer?

2. Where do the intruders to Nafisi's house go once they are in her house?

3. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?

4. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?

5. What subject do both Mike Gold and F. Scott Fitzgerald write about?

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