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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?
(a) She says she likes him because he looks kind
(b) She says he is an imposter
(c) She says she wants him exiled
(d) She says he was chosen by God

3. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?
(a) Because her husband had supported the king
(b) Because she was not even Iranian
(c) Because her husband died of cancer
(d) Because he had been in the army himself

4. What closed in Iran in 1980?
(a) Universities
(b) Iran's museums
(c) Bilingual schools
(d) Iranian borders

5. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?
(a) Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression
(b) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government
(c) Because she wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair
(d) Because she had been caught stealing from her job

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Western influence in Iran end?

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

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

4. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?

5. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?

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