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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?
(a) Shell Oil
(b) Reza Shah
(c) Alexander the Great
(d) Mossadeq

2. Who does Marjane Satrapi say God looks like?
(a) The Shah
(b) Marx
(c) Her grandfather
(d) Descartes

3. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?
(a) For putting themselves in danger
(b) For lying to her
(c) For not telling her where they were going
(d) For stealing from her

4. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?
(a) Drinking
(b) Islamic fundamentalism
(c) Western habits
(d) Hypocrisy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?

2. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?

3. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?

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

5. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?

(see the answer key)

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