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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?
(a) A putsch
(b) Reforms
(c) An assassination
(d) An election

4. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?
(a) Iranian oil
(b) Nothing
(c) Control of the parliament to the opposition parties
(d) Borderlands

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

2. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

3. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say the Shah’s father spent the country’s money?

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

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

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