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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Iranian writers and publishers during the mid-nineties?
(a) They are only allowed to write in Persian.
(b) They are forbidden from publishing their works.
(c) They are interrogated, expelled, and sometimes killed.
(d) They are exiled to America and other Western cultures.

3. Why does the government first enforce the requirement that women remain covered in workplaces and shops?
(a) Because women object to the law, and the government wants to reinforce its authority.
(b) Because there is no way to enforce the requirement at the university.
(c) Because the shop owners are uncomfortable serving women who are not covered.
(d) Because women are already wearing the chador at home.

4. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what do Laleh and Nafisi discuss at the restaurant?
(a) Laleh's decision to become a seamstress.
(b) Laleh's expulsion from the University of Tehran.
(c) Nafisi's expulsion from the University of Tehran.
(d) The actions of the Committee on Cultural Revolution.

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

6. How is Mr. Nahvi like Jane Austen's character Elizabeth Bennet?
(a) Both are obsessed with finding fault with things and people they dislike.
(b) Both are members of the ruling class of society.
(c) Both are able to express their love in acceptable fashion.
(d) Both are popular with their peers.

7. In Part 4, Chapter 20, what does Nassrin decide to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Stay in Iran.
(c) Get divorced.
(d) Go to London to live with her sister.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 23, what are Mr. Nyazi and another student arguing about?
(a) The morality of "The Great Gatsby."
(b) Whether or not the government intends to close down the universities.
(c) The value of teaching "The Great Gatsby" in an Islamic society.
(d) Whether or not Nafisi should be expelled from the university.

9. What does the magician tell Nafisi she should do to help her students survive?
(a) Help them regain their imagination.
(b) Help them find a good marriage.
(c) Help them leave Iran.
(d) Help them gain admission to an American college.

10. Who does Nafisi agree not to contact after she leaves Iran?
(a) Manna.
(b) Nassrin.
(c) The magician.
(d) The University of Tehran.

11. In Part 3, Chapter 19, where does Nafisi go?
(a) To a concert by foreign musicians.
(b) To a meeting at the magician's house.
(c) To a class at a foreign university.
(d) To a screening of foreign films by a Russian director.

12. What does Nafisi emphasize in the introductory course she teaches in Part 3?
(a) The ways novels are similar to contemporary life.
(b) The ways novels change ideas about relationships between individuals.
(c) The ways novels present women in Western culture.
(d) The ways novels emphasize religious and cultural values.

13. What is Nafisi feeling when the classroom trial of "The Great Gatsby" ends?
(a) Exhilaration about the engagement of the students.
(b) Sadness because the students began fighting.
(c) A sense of loss and mourning.
(d) A sense of anticipation for the next novel.

14. What question does Nafisi ask at the beginning of her first class at the University of Tehran?
(a) Why is it important to get a college education?
(b) Why do you believe there will be a cultural revolution?
(c) Why should anyone read fiction?
(d) What did you think about the choice of books for this course?

15. What does the study group find disturbing about the texts written by the Ayatollah Khomeini?
(a) Manna knew they had been translated.
(b) The texts are taken seriously by rulers of the country, even though they are absurd.
(c) The texts contain blasphemy, which is against the laws of morality.
(d) Nassrin had read them and was talking about their contents publicly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 6, why does Nafisi join a group?

2. What right does Nafisi fantasize about being added to the Bill of Rights?

3. How does Part 3, Chapter 11 begin?

4. What does Nafisi notice is missing from the walls at the university?

5. What causes the Iranian regime to temporarily relax the strict enforcement of their policies?

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