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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?
(a) They are in the same literature study group.
(b) They share a passion for the revolutionary cause.
(c) They see parallels between their lives and the lives of Humbert and Lolita.
(d) They share a common passion for literature.

2. What do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns leading the group discussion.
(b) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.
(c) They take turns telling their private stories.
(d) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."

3. What does Nafisi describe as the crux of the problem in "Lolita"?
(a) Lolita is in love with Humbert.
(b) Humbert does not understand Lolita.
(c) Humbert is in love with Lolita.
(d) Lolita has no other choice but to stay with Humbert.

4. How does Nafisi feel about revealing herself in class?
(a) As if she were surrounded by her best friends.
(b) As if she were having her insides pulled out.
(c) As if she were being undressed in front of strangers.
(d) As if she were being forced to examine herself.

5. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.
(b) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(c) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.
(d) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.

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

7. In Chapter 20, Nafisi tells a story about what event that happened to Manna and Nima?
(a) They realized that literature is not as important as survival.
(b) They were expelled from the university.
(c) They began to become more orthodox.
(d) They were kicked out of the study group.

8. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?
(a) Because her students show no signs of being individuals.
(b) Because the students are not interested in reading and discussing literature.
(c) She is worried that they cannot afford the flowers she expects them to bring.
(d) She is concerned that they will be punished by their families for attending her class.

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

10. In "Lolita," how does Humbert attempt to gain the reader's sympathy?
(a) By making Lolita seem highly desirable.
(b) By making Lolita seem undesirable.
(c) By blaming himself for all of Lolita's problems.
(d) By always talking in the first person.

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

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

13. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Tehran.
(d) A veil.

14. What does the class strive to do in their study of literature?
(a) Learn how to be better writers.
(b) Discover ways to question religious authorities.
(c) Find answers about political ideology.
(d) Discover truths about beauty and human nature.

15. What happens to the everyday lives of Nafisi and her students as a result of the secret class?
(a) Their everyday lives become less tolerable.
(b) Their everyday lives take on the quality of fiction and make-believe.
(c) Their everyday lives begin to invade the study group meetings.
(d) Their everyday lives are untouched by the secret class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?

2. What are the biggest threats to an idealized vision of an individual or a country?

3. Why are Manna's friends reprimanded by guards?

4. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?

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

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