1. 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 both exhibit characteristics of heroism in dealing with their past.
(c) Lolita and Nafisi's students are props in someone else's quest to find the perfect image.
(d) Lolita and Nafisi's students are both stuck in the past, unable to accept present conditions.

2. What is the dream Nafisi and her students share?
(a) The dreamer is captured by the morality police.
(b) The dreamer is not wearing a veil and is running away.
(c) The dreamer has escaped to America.
(d) The dreamer is able to purchase and read any book she wants.

3. Why was Nafisi's father arrested?
(a) He was not a member of the religious community.
(b) He challenged the educational system.
(c) He lost a great deal of money and could not pay the bills.
(d) He ignored directions from those in higher levels of government.

4. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(b) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(c) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(d) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.

5. What is the main reason for Nafisi's resignation from the University of Tehran?
(a) The University of Tehran is too liberal.
(b) She wants to teach literature to smaller groups in private.
(c) The governance of the University is arbitrary.
(d) She isn't able to do the type of scholarship the government required.