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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Western influence in Iran end?
(a) 1979
(b) 1989
(c) 1885
(d) 1885

3. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?
(a) Cast her out of the family
(b) Make her clean the house
(c) Nail her ears to the wall
(d) Send her to rot in prison

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What assurance does Satrapi’s mother give her after she is upset about torturers?

2. What resource changed Iran’s economy?

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

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

5. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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