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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nassrin after she leaves Iran?
(a) She arrives safely in England.
(b) She stays in contact with Nafisi.
(c) She returns to Iran because she misses her family.
(d) She travels to America.

2. Why does Nafisi include a chapter on "Washington Square"?
(a) It is a symbol of the difficulties being faced by Nafisi's students.
(b) It is a memorial to a former student who was executed.
(c) It is a statement about the importance of Henry James.
(d) It is a book that reminds Nafisi of her childhood.

3. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(b) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.
(c) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.
(d) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.

4. Who delays Nafisi's expulsion from the university?
(a) Mr. Bahir and some of Nafisi's former students.
(b) Nafisi's secular colleagues.
(c) The Committee on the Cultural Revolution.
(d) Dr. A.

5. Who does Nafisi meet with in Part 3, Chapter 10?
(a) The magician.
(b) Local religious leaders.
(c) Her study group.
(d) Officials at a local university.

6. What gift does Mrs. Rezvan give Nafisi?
(a) Two photographs of Nafisi's students.
(b) A book of her original poetry.
(c) A new head scarf.
(d) Three hair clips to keep her head scarf in place.

7. Who is Hojatol-Islam Ali Khamenei?
(a) The successor to Ayatollah Khomeini.
(b) One of Nafisi's students.
(c) The president of the university.
(d) The magician.

8. What subject do both Mike Gold and F. Scott Fitzgerald write about?
(a) Dreams, specifically the American Dream.
(b) Loss, specifically the loss of innocence.
(c) The value in being poor.
(d) The morality of the wealthy.

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

10. What activity does Nafisi do with her students to help them understand the characters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"?
(a) She dances with them.
(b) She takes them to a cafe.
(c) She puts the main character on trial.
(d) She asks them to write descriptions of the main characters.

11. What does Nafisi describe in the epilogue?
(a) Her journey to America.
(b) How she made the decision to leave Iran.
(c) The memories of her former students who were executed.
(d) The activities of her former students after Nafisi left Iran.

12. What gift does Nafisi give to the magician?
(a) A pair of scissors shaped like a rooster.
(b) A book written in English.
(c) A box of foreign chocolates.
(d) A bottle of homemade wine.

13. Why does Nafisi collect pictures of martyrs during the war?
(a) They are evidence that the government has committed war crimes.
(b) She knows many of the people who are killed and wants to have a reminder of their lives.
(c) She sees the war as a sign that she should become more religious.
(d) It is a superstitious action, a way to deal with forces outside her control.

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

15. Why is Nafisi uncomfortable with Mr. Bahir's action at the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) She does not know him well and his presence feels threatening.
(b) She does not wish to shake hands with a student.
(c) By placing his hands behind his back, he negates her gesture of goodwill.
(d) His action forces her to report him to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Bahir become president of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Tehran?

2. What is Hizbollah?

3. What does the magician tell Nafisi she should do to help her students survive?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?

5. What does Nyazi consider to be a positive aspect of "The Great Gatsby"?

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