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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 did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?
(a) A mother
(b) A prophet
(c) A grandmother
(d) An astronaut

2. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?
(a) Her parents had wanted to flee the country
(b) She wanted to be a prophet
(c) She was ashamed to ride in her father's Cadillac
(d) Her parents had protested to preserve the old aristocracy

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

4. When does Satrapi’s account of Iranian history begin?
(a) 800 AD
(b) 610 AD
(c) 1980
(d) 2000 BC

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the source of Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the king?

2. What resource changed Iran’s economy?

3. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?

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

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

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