1. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.
(b) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.
(c) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(d) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.

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

3. Why did Nabokov say that every great novel is a fairy tale?
(a) Because all good novelists begin to write after reading fairy tales.
(b) All novels are stories with imaginary characters like fairy tales.
(c) Even though fairy tales have monsters, good ultimately wins over evil.
(d) Fairy tales and novels both demonstrate the beauty of the natural world.

4. Why does Nafisi form a friendship with Jeff?
(a) They both enjoy having a friend who speaks English and has memories of America.
(b) Jeff is one of her best students, and they enjoy discussing literature together.
(c) Because her relationship with her husband is strained, and she is lonely.
(d) They are both actively demonstrating against the Iranian government.

5. What causes Manna and Nima to fall in love?
(a) They see parallels between their lives and the lives of Humbert and Lolita.
(b) They share a common passion for literature.
(c) They share a passion for the revolutionary cause.
(d) They are in the same literature study group.