1. 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) Nabokov wrote about conditions in post-revolutionary Iran.
(c) Nabokov symbolizes the banality of Western thought.
(d) Nafisi is inspired by Nabokov's characters who conform to totalitarian regimes.

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

3. 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.

4. Why does the male student have to meet with Nafisi separately?
(a) A group with men and women would arouse suspicion from the Islamist authorities.
(b) Nafisi believes that male and female students learn differently.
(c) His schedule does not permit him to meet with the female students.
(d) The female students do not like having a male student in their class.

5. What is the first work Nafisi and her students in the study group discuss?
(a) "Nabokov."
(b) "Lolita."
(c) "Invitation to a Beheading."
(d) "A Thousand and One Nights."