1. What object does Nafisi refer to when she first describes the students in her study group?
(a) A veil.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Her apartment.

2. What is Nafisi doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Cleaning out her office at the University of Tehran.
(b) Looking over the class notes she kept from the study sessions.
(c) Looking at the photographs of the girls.
(d) Remembering her life as a child.

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

4. Why do Ministry of Education officials ask the faculty at Nafisi's school if they thought they were in Switzerland?
(a) Because Switzerland is the model for the type of government the Ministry of Education is trying to establish.
(b) Because the University of Tehran is the most liberal campus in Iran, and Switzerland is the byword for Western lax and decadent behavior.
(c) Because the officials believe the University of Tehran is too conservative and should be more like schools in Switzerland.
(d) Because Switzerland has schools with conservative values just like the conservative values of the University of Tehran.

5. 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 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 are perfect images of the ideal woman in a totalitarian regime.