Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. What does the closeness of the room do to Nafisi and her students?

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

4. What becomes part of the "landscape" of Nafisi's class?

5. Why does the professor ask Nima if his wife brainwashed him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the dreams that Nafisi describes?

2. Why does Nassrin say she has been caught in the middle of tradition and change her entire life?

3. Why do the magician and Nafisi enjoy each other's company so much?

4. How does the Iranian regime expect women to behave on the streets of Tehran?

5. Why does Nafisi include Part 1, Chapter 12 in her memoir?

6. Why does Nafisi describe the three types of women portrayed in "A Thousand and One Nights"?

7. According to Vera Nabokov, what is the beauty in "Lolita" and why is it missed by critics?

8. Why does Nafisi refer to two photographs in the first chapter?

9. Why does Nafisi believe the scene where Humbert picked up Lolita at summer camp is the heart of Nabokov's novel?

10. What is the relationship between the imaginary rain shower and the meeting of Nafisi's class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, Nafisi uses language with strong sensory connections. Choose taste, touch, sight, smell, or hearing and write an essay that discusses the use of that sense in each of the four sections of the book. Why is this sense used? Is the sense always used by the same individual? Is it always used in the same way?

Essay Topic 2

Several times Nafisi refers to the individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Write an essay that focuses on one of those rights. How is that right viewed by the Islamist Iranian Republic? How is that right portrayed in the literature Nafisi teaches? What does Nafisi do to assert her rights?

Essay Topic 3

Nafisi is the narrator for the actions of herself, the regime, and her students throughout the book. What would a credible witness say about the actions of a totalitarian regime? Is Nafisi a credible reporter? Is her credibility complete or does it have obvious biases that challenge her credibility? Does her credibility remain the same throughout the book? What evidence within the book supports your claims?

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