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

2. How does Nafisi select her students for the small study group?
(a) She chooses students who dislike the liberal qualities of the university.
(b) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.
(c) She chooses students who can afford to pay her on a regular basis.
(d) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.

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

4. Why does Nafisi's apartment lack matching furniture and fancy window dressings?
(a) Her belongings were taken by revolutionaries.
(b) She is more concerned with literature and the inner world of knowledge.
(c) Her mother does not believe those items are appropriate for women.
(d) She is too poor to afford material possessions.

5. Where is Nafisi's apartment located?
(a) In the middle of a mountain range.
(b) Above a restaurant.
(c) Across from an ex-American hospital.
(d) On the campus of the University of Tehran.