1. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?
(a) A large seminar using banned books.
(b) Classes in English as a Second Language.
(c) A large seminar called Research.
(d) A small study group related to the works of Nabokov.

2. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(b) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(c) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(d) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 14, what do the police do to the women at the protest meeting?
(a) The police push the women with the butts of their guns, and order them to go home.
(b) The police protect the women who come to protest.
(c) The police arrest the women and take them all to jail.
(d) The police stand off to one side and watch the event without participating.

4. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(b) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(c) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.
(d) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.

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