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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first work Nafisi and her students in the study group discuss?
(a) "Lolita."
(b) "Nabokov."
(c) "Invitation to a Beheading."
(d) "A Thousand and One Nights."

2. What is the first assignment for the students in the study group?
(a) To remember what Nafisi taught in her university classes.
(b) To analyze the types of women found in a piece of literature.
(c) To create a secret language using invented words.
(d) To relax and enjoy reading.

3. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.
(b) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.
(c) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(d) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.

4. Why do the students meet in Nafisi's apartment?
(a) To study and discuss literature.
(b) To learn about religious freedom.
(c) To escape the University of Tehran.
(d) To plan ways to join the revolution.

5. How does Nafisi structure the first class sessions?
(a) With the students leading discussion and choosing what to read.
(b) Like a traditional literature class, with Nafisi asking questions and leading discussions.
(c) With students reading "revolutionary" authors and discussing the parallels to contemporary society.
(d) Like a lecture class, with the students taking notes on Nafisi's lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?

2. How does Nafisi introduce the reader to the students in her class?

3. What do the class members take turns doing each week?

4. What is the best definition of Nabokov's term "poshlust"?

5. What type of author do the students seem most interested in studying?

(see the answer key)

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