1. What do the class members take turns doing each week?
(a) They take turns providing pastry for breaks.
(b) They take turns leading the group discussion.
(c) They take turns reading a published copy of "Lolita."
(d) They take turns telling their private stories.

2. What does Nafisi consider to be the first lesson in democracy?
(a) All individuals have the right to freedom of speech.
(b) All individuals have the right to dress as they please.
(c) All individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(d) All individuals have the right to vote for their own leaders.

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 militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(c) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.
(d) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.

4. How did Nafisi learn of her father's arrest?
(a) Her father told her many years later.
(b) She was pulled out of her sophomore class in Switzerland.
(c) The government came to her house.
(d) She heard her mother telling her sister.

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