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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?
(a) Courage
(b) Shallowness
(c) Pettiness
(d) Patriotism

2. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?
(a) She reads the same books that inspired him
(b) She stays in the bath until her skin is as wrinkled as his
(c) She goes among the people to hear what they think
(d) She eats the same diet he was given while in prison

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

4. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?
(a) At age 14
(b) At birth
(c) At age 10
(d) At age 6

5. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?
(a) Invasion
(b) Wealth
(c) Agriculture
(d) Isolation

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?

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

4. What closed in Iran in 1980?

5. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?

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