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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) Herman Melville
(d) Jane Austen

3. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?
(a) He is Kurdish
(b) He is an American
(c) He is a Turk
(d) He is an Afghan

4. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?
(a) She started a new school
(b) Her father lost his job
(c) She had to wear a veil at school
(d) Her family left Iran

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

2. What is Satrapi’s reaction to her father’s reaction to the romance between Mehri and the neighbor boy?

3. When does Satrapi’s account of Iranian history begin?

4. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?

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

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