1. According to Nafisi, how is the character of Lolita like Nafisi's students?
(a) Lolita and Nafisi's students are perfect images of the ideal woman in a totalitarian regime.
(b) Lolita and Nafisi's students are both stuck in the past, unable to accept present conditions.
(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.

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

3. 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.

4. How does Nabokov's character Cincinnatus C. become a hero?
(a) By refusing to be like everyone else.
(b) By rescuing those who are falsely imprisoned.
(c) By fighting off his jailors.
(d) By giving in to the requirements of the government.

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