1. 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 can afford to pay her on a regular basis.
(c) She chooses students who are loners or outsiders.
(d) She chooses students who earn good grades in all their classes.

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

3. What is the main point of Chapter 12?
(a) Copies of books are not readily available in Tehran.
(b) To provide the reader with a sketch of the class meeting to discuss "Lolita."
(c) The students enjoy reading "Lolita."
(d) To provide the reader with an understanding of how "Lolita" was sold in Tehran.

4. What does Nafisi believe is the main point of "Lolita"?
(a) It is a demonstration of religious fanaticism.
(b) It is a morality tale about what happens to girls who disobey.
(c) It is a critique of what occurs in totalitarian systems.
(d) It is an example of how to achieve perfection.

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) The ability to remain heroic in the midst of banality and extreme brutality.
(d) Empty rituals, false importance, and the reduction of reality to banality.