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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Iran modernized?
(a) 16th century
(b) 19th century
(c) 18th century
(d) 20th century

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

3. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?
(a) The Westernization of Iran
(b) Government attacks on freedom
(c) Pay cuts for civil servants
(d) Layoffs at the university

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

5. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?
(a) Religious freedom
(b) Republican reforms
(c) An Islamist state
(d) An open market

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the source of Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the king?

2. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?

3. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?

4. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?

5. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?

(see the answer key)

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