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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 indigenous Aryans
(c) From Indo-European invaders
(d) From local legends

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

3. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?
(a) Religious freedom
(b) An open market
(c) An Islamist state
(d) Republican reforms

4. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?
(a) He ends it
(b) He forbids it
(c) He encourages it
(d) He fires the maid

5. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?
(a) That he will be tortured in his own way
(b) That he will be punished
(c) That he will repent one day
(d) That he will never learn

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?

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

4. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?

5. When did Western influence in Iran end?

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