1. What secret does Nassrin tell Nafisi?
(a) She had left her family to work for an Islamist student group.
(b) She was leaving for America.
(c) She had been sexually abused by her youngest uncle.
(d) She had been married and divorced.

2. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?
(a) Lolita and Nafisi's students are perfect images of the ideal woman in a totalitarian regime.
(b) Lolita and Nafisi's students are both stuck in the past, unable to accept present conditions.
(c) Lolita and Nafisi's students are props in someone else's quest to find the perfect image.
(d) Lolita and Nafisi's students both exhibit characteristics of heroism in dealing with their past.

3. What political event described at the beginning of Chapter 9 sets the tone for the subsequent actions of Nafisi's students?
(a) The invasion of Iran by Iraq.
(b) The arrest of a popular professor for refusing to follow the regime's laws.
(c) The overthrow of the leadership of the University of Tehran.
(d) The student occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran.

4. What does Nafisi emphasize in the introductory course she teaches in Part 3?
(a) The ways novels emphasize religious and cultural values.
(b) The ways novels present women in Western culture.
(c) The ways novels change ideas about relationships between individuals.
(d) The ways novels are similar to contemporary life.

5. What game does Nafisi play when she begins wearing a black robe?
(a) She pretends her whole body disappears, and she becomes invisible.
(b) She pretends she is a religious leader and has additional authority.
(c) She pretends that nothing has changed, and she is not wearing a robe.
(d) She pretends that everyone can see her as a human being.