1. How does Nafisi feel when she hears the announcement that Iraq has attacked Iran?
(a) Unhappy, because she realizes what war will do to her friends and family.
(b) Ambivalent, both angry and full of love and desire to protect her home country.
(c) Nervous, because she is afraid that she will be killed during the impending war.
(d) Relieved that someone will finally help end the political situation in her home country.

2. What scene opens Chapter 12?
(a) The class sitting around a table in Nafisi's apartment.
(b) Nafisi teaching a class at the University.
(c) The members of the class arriving at Nafisi's house.
(d) Nafisi search for books in a bookstore.

3. What does Nyazi consider to be a positive aspect of "The Great Gatsby"?
(a) It exposes the immorality of American society.
(b) It describes the way society should function.
(c) It presents the American Dream.
(d) It provides a model of a good marriage relationship.

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

5. How do the Iranian authorities view the country's past?
(a) Iran's past is considered important in the development of a perfect Koranic society.
(b) The Iranian leaders see the country's past as an example for other societies.
(c) Iran's past is used as a foundation for the development of a more modern society.
(d) The past is irrelevant to the leaders who want to establish a perfect Koranic society.