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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 resource changed Iran’s economy?
(a) Oil
(b) Spices
(c) Minerals
(d) Dyes

2. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Reza Shah
(c) Shell Oil
(d) Mossadeq

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

4. Who does Marjane Satrapi say God looks like?
(a) The Shah
(b) Descartes
(c) Her grandfather
(d) Marx

5. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?
(a) Forgive but never forget
(b) Never forget your people
(c) Never forgive atrocities
(d) Forget any wrongs if righting them will kill you

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?

2. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

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

4. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

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

(see the answer key)

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