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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 the question Nafisi asks of all married couples?
2. Who is Mike Gold?
3. What gift does Nafisi give to the magician?
4. Why does Yassi walk faster then suddenly stop when she is out with a gentleman caller?
5. According to Nafisi, how can one stop "dancing with the jailer"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of man is Mr. Bahri?
2. Why does the magician tell Nafisi to stop blaming the Islamic Republic for all her problems?
3. How are Mr. Ghoni's statements about "Daisy Miller" in Part 3, Chapter 15, similar to Mr. Nyazi's statements in Part 3, Chapters 17 and 18, about "The Great Gatsby"?
4. Why does Nafisi call Catherine in "Washington Square" the inverse of our ideas about what a heroine should be?
5. What are the similarities between Sanaz's experience in jail and the experience of Cincinnatus in "Invitation to a Beheading"? What are the differences between their experiences?
6. Why does a university staff member describe the Ayatollah's funeral as an event?
7. How has Miss Ruhi changed since her introduction in Part 3, Chapter 14?
8. How are the contemporary events in Iran similar to the events that Nafisi describes in her classroom?
9. Why does Nafisi add an epilogue to the end of the memoir?
10. Why does Nafisi think teaching "The Great Gatsby" was the right choice for that time and place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Reading Lolita in Tehran," the novels and their authors take on the role of characters, contributing to the storyline, advancing the plot, and interacting with the other characters (Nafisi and her students). Choose one of the major novels ("Lolita," "The Great Gatsby") or one of the major authors (James, Austen) and describe how Nafisi treats the book or writer as a character in the memoir.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the memoir, Nafisi returns to the issue of wearing the veil. Write an essay that addresses Nafisi's feelings about the veil. What does the veil represent for Nafisi personally? What does it represent for her professionally? How is the veil used as a symbol in this book?
Essay Topic 3
In Section I, Chapter 14, Nafisi quotes Nabokov: "Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form." Write an essay that addresses the following questions about Nabokov's quote: What is the meaning of this quote? Why would curiosity be considered insubordination? What is the role of curiosity in Nafisi's book? Who is described as being curious? How does Nafisi's curiosity impact her students? How does their curiosity demonstrate insubordination?
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