1. 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 props in someone else's quest to find the perfect image.
(c) Lolita and Nafisi's students are perfect images of the ideal woman in a totalitarian regime.
(d) Lolita and Nafisi's students both exhibit characteristics of heroism in dealing with their past.

2. Chapter 15 presents a clear parallel between the character of Humbert and which group of people?
(a) The men who the students are related to.
(b) The mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(c) The parents of the students in Nafisi's class.
(d) The students in Nafisi's class.

3. What does Nafisi consider to be the first lesson in democracy?
(a) All individuals have the right to freedom of speech.
(b) All individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(c) All individuals have the right to dress as they please.
(d) All individuals have the right to vote for their own leaders.

4. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(b) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(c) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(d) Both girls have been raped by older men.

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