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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death is announced in Part 3, Chapter 33?
(a) The death of Nafisi's former student.
(b) The death of Ayatollah Khomeini.
(c) The death of Nafisi's mother.
(d) The death of the magician.

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

3. According to Nafisi, how can one stop "dancing with the jailer"?
(a) Become a part of the ruling party and end oppression.
(b) Give in to the desires of the regime and follow the nation's laws.
(c) Remember that life is cyclical, and this time will end soon.
(d) Find a way to preserve one's uniqueness and individuality despite opposition and persecution.

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

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

6. Why does Nafisi form a friendship with Jeff?
(a) Because her relationship with her husband is strained, and she is lonely.
(b) They both enjoy having a friend who speaks English and has memories of America.
(c) Jeff is one of her best students, and they enjoy discussing literature together.
(d) They are both actively demonstrating against the Iranian government.

7. What do Nafisi and the magician share on their first meeting in his apartment?
(a) Tea and a box of foreign chocolates.
(b) A foreign movie.
(c) Coffee and books.
(d) Newspapers from foreign countries.

8. What is the relationship between Nafisi and her first husband?
(a) She learns from him how to become a traditional Iranian wife.
(b) He teaches her how to become a demonstrator and serves as her first mentor.
(c) They enjoy a good relationship until Nafisi begins demonstrating in support of the Iranian government.
(d) They clash over appropriate ways for women to behave and ultimately divorce.

9. How does the class study of "The Great Gatsby" affect Nafisi?
(a) She gains insight into her feelings and desires about her work and the meaning of literature in her life.
(b) She discovers that she loves teaching revolutionary novels.
(c) She becomes sad, because her students do not enjoy the novel.
(d) She learns that she is really an American, not an Iranian.

10. Who is Mr. Bahir?
(a) The department chair of the Language Department at the University of Tehran.
(b) One of Nafisi's students.
(c) The owner of her favorite bookstore.
(d) A man executed for charges of being too Westernized.

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

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

13. In Part 2, Chapter 15, what does Dr. A. do that causes a student to honor him many years later?
(a) He resigns his position at the university to protest changes in the curriculum.
(b) He testifies in Revolutionary Court in favor of a former student, which is a dangerous action.
(c) He teaches a class on drama and film that is the most popular class on campus.
(d) He writes a pamphlet criticizing the Iranian government, which causes students to develop independent newsletters.

14. What does Mr. Forsati want to do?
(a) Work as an official in the Iranian regime.
(b) Write a novel about life in Iran.
(c) Marry one of Nafisi's students.
(d) Start a company related to videos and films.

15. Who is Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar?
(a) An Iranian intellectual who escaped to Iraq to avoid jail.
(b) One of Nafisi's students.
(c) A nationalist leader who became prime minister in 1979.
(d) Nafisi's colleague at the University of Tehran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Mrs. Rezvan give Nafisi?

2. In Part 4, Chapter 12, where do Nafisi and her husband go?

3. What teaching technique does Nafisi use in conjunction with the study of "The Great Gatsby"?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what do Laleh and Nafisi discuss at the restaurant?

5. Who is Hojatol-Islam Ali Khamenei?

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