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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?
(a) He was a local leader
(b) He was a political prisoner
(c) He was prime minister
(d) He was king

2. 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 wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair
(c) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(d) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government

3. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?
(a) She left the country
(b) She took in sewing
(c) She remarried to a rich man
(d) She got a job in a factory

4. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From local legends
(b) From Indo-European invaders
(c) From indigenous Aryans
(d) From Greek historians

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?

3. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?

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

5. What resource changed Iran’s economy?

(see the answer key)

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