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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Satrapi’s friends react to her made-up stories about her parents?
(a) They say that they feel bad for her
(b) They say she must be proud of them
(c) They say that she is lying
(d) They say she must be ashamed of them

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

3. Who created the first Iranian nation?
(a) The Greeks
(b) The Medes
(c) The Aryans
(d) The Persians

4. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?
(a) She took in sewing
(b) She left the country
(c) She remarried to a rich man
(d) She got a job in a factory

5. What problem does Anoosh say will complicate the Marxist program in Iran?
(a) Russian military interests
(b) Islamic fundamentalism
(c) Western economic interests
(d) Illiteracy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?

3. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

4. What does Satrapi say she gave up after talking about torture with her mother?

5. How does Satrapi’s father explain the persecution of individuals in Iran?

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