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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment that “for a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded as harsh as Klingon when they fought” (79) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. Where does Darius report his boss was born?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Quezon City.
(c) Palayan.
(d) Manila.

3. Which faith does Sohrab practice?
(a) Islam.
(b) Zoroastrianism.
(c) Bahá’í.
(d) Secular humanism.

4. Through which of the following airports do the Kellners fly on their trip to Iran?
(a) EWR.
(b) SAT.
(c) JFK.
(d) LGA.

5. In the comment that “for a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded as harsh as Klingon when they fought” (79), which of the following is the antecedent to the pronoun “they”?
(a) Stephen and Fariba.
(b) Shirin and Laleh.
(c) Jamsheed and Laleh.
(d) Shirin and Jamsheed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is among the sites recommended by the second Iranian customs officer Darius encounters?

2. What color is the bedspread Darius is allotted in his grandparents’ house?

3. The comment that “Her voice was getting whinier by the second, the pitch rising higher and higher like a teakettle on the cusp of whistling” (58) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Where does Darius report wanting to work?

5. What is the origin of the tea Darius gives Fariba?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Darius give for not liking figs?

2. What is meant by the phrase “Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy,” and who are prominent early examples of the phrase?

3. What was the game of Turbolift Door Darius used to play, and why did he stop playing it?

4. What does Darius identify as the two most humiliating moments in his life?

5. What does Darius note are his main areas of Farsi knowledge?

6. Near the end of “Bette Davis Eyes,” what does Darius report wanting and failing to tell Ardeshir?

7. In what condition do the Bahramis and Kellners find Persepolis?

8. How does Darius relate his mother’s early misunderstanding of taarof with his father’s parents?

9. What reasons does Darius give for Stephen laughing after his backpack is broken?

10. What is Ardeshir doing when Darius first sees him in Iran?

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