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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “klaxon” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Alien.
(b) Starting to clatter.
(c) Stopping clattering.
(d) Alarm.

2. The phrase “Persians are even more meticulous than Hobbits” (87) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. The term “noon-e sangak” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Oven-baked flatbread.
(b) Deep-fried flatbread.
(c) Day-old flatbread.
(d) Stone-baked flatbread.

4. What color are the “truck nuts” left with Darius’s bicycle?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

5. Which of the following is among the sites recommended by the second Iranian customs officer Darius encounters?
(a) Ruins of Persepolis.
(b) Tower of Winds.
(c) Masjid-e-Jameh.
(d) Shah Cheragh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Darius receive as a Nowruz present from his uncles?

2. With whom does Darius note the Kellners had sent Farbia and Ardeshir a rice platter?

3. What is faludeh, per the novel?

4. The phrase “sobh bekheir” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?

5. Which of the following does Darius NOT borrow from Sohrab?

(see the answer key)

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