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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?
(a) An astronaut
(b) A prophet
(c) A grandmother
(d) A mother

2. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?
(a) Iranian oil
(b) Borderlands
(c) Control of the parliament to the opposition parties
(d) Nothing

3. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?
(a) She stays in the bath until her skin is as wrinkled as his
(b) She eats the same diet he was given while in prison
(c) She reads the same books that inspired him
(d) She goes among the people to hear what they think

4. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?
(a) For speeding
(b) For taking photographs
(c) For protesting
(d) For listening to Western music

5. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?
(a) Forgive but never forget
(b) Never forgive atrocities
(c) Forget any wrongs if righting them will kill you
(d) Never forget your people

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?

2. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?

3. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

4. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?

5. What does Satrapi want to play with her parents in Chapter 3?

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