1. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?
(a) Lolita and Nafisi's students both exhibit characteristics of heroism in dealing with their past.
(b) Lolita and Nafisi's students are props in someone else's quest to find the perfect image.
(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.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?
(a) Nafisi uses literature as a point of reference for her answer.
(b) Nafisi tells Yassi that she should not get married while she is young.
(c) Nafisi shows Yassi pictures of her childhood.
(d) Nafisi tells Yassi to ask her parents for assistance.

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

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

5. What is the best definition of Nabokov's term "poshlust"?
(a) The use of reality to contrast with a system of barbaric ritual.
(b) Beauty in the midst of a brutal government regime.
(c) Empty rituals, false importance, and the reduction of reality to banality.
(d) The ability to remain heroic in the midst of banality and extreme brutality.