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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 taking photographs
(c) For protesting
(d) For listening to Western music

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

3. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say the Shah’s father spent the country’s money?
(a) On a lavish lifestyle
(b) On educational reforms
(c) On useless celebrations
(d) On military research

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?

4. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?

5. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?

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