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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the first Iranian nation?
(a) The Aryans
(b) The Medes
(c) The Greeks
(d) The Persians

2. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?
(a) He was her great-uncle
(b) He was her great-grandfather
(c) He was her grandfather
(d) He was her uncle

3. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?
(a) Invasion
(b) Agriculture
(c) Isolation
(d) Wealth

4. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?
(a) She was ashamed to ride in her father's Cadillac
(b) Her parents had wanted to flee the country
(c) Her parents had protested to preserve the old aristocracy
(d) She wanted to be a prophet

5. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?
(a) As a popular leader
(b) As a popular leader
(c) As a humble reformer
(d) As a tool of the English

Short Answer Questions

1. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?

2. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?

3. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?

4. What is Satrapi’s reaction to her father’s reaction to the romance between Mehri and the neighbor boy?

5. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

(see the answer key)

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