1. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?
(a) Authors who show the benefits of a religious society.
(b) "Non-revolutionary" authors such as Joyce, Nabokov, Woolf, and Austin.
(c) Authors who have female characters with strong opinions.
(d) "Revolutionary" authors who are tied to current political ideologies.

2. In Chapter 14, what question does Mitra ask about "Lolita"?
(a) Why do people find pleasure in reading such a horrible story?
(b) Why are we reading this novel?
(c) Why does Lolita continue to stay with Humbert?
(d) Why does Humbert try to control Lolita?

3. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

4. Why is Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading" the inspiration for Nafisi to form the study group?
(a) Nafisi sees connections between Nabokov's world and post-revolutionary Iran.
(b) Nabokov wrote about conditions in post-revolutionary Iran.
(c) Nafisi is inspired by Nabokov's characters who conform to totalitarian regimes.
(d) Nabokov symbolizes the banality of Western thought.

5. Why do Ministry of Education officials ask the faculty at Nafisi's school if they thought they were in Switzerland?
(a) Because the University of Tehran is the most liberal campus in Iran, and Switzerland is the byword for Western lax and decadent behavior.
(b) Because Switzerland has schools with conservative values just like the conservative values of the University of Tehran.
(c) Because the officials believe the University of Tehran is too conservative and should be more like schools in Switzerland.
(d) Because Switzerland is the model for the type of government the Ministry of Education is trying to establish.