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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?
(a) Because he had been in the army himself
(b) Because her husband had supported the king
(c) Because her husband died of cancer
(d) Because she was not even Iranian

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

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

4. What began to happen regularly after Black Friday?
(a) Coups
(b) Elections
(c) Protests
(d) Massacres

5. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?
(a) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government
(b) Because she wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair
(c) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(d) Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?

2. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?

3. What cause did the people finally get to celebrate?

4. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?

5. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?

(see the answer key)

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