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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?
(a) She has bad dreams even though she tries not to think about it
(b) She reads everything she can
(c) She asks her friends for explanations
(d) She goes back to playing with her friends

2. How does Satrapi’s father explain the persecution of individuals in Iran?
(a) As a purification
(b) As a transitional stage
(c) As an important culling
(d) As a necessary purge

3. What was Mohsen’s crime?
(a) Revolutionary activity
(b) Petty theft
(c) Advocating free markets
(d) Owning a banned book

4. What service did Satrapi perform for Mehri?
(a) She read and wrote her letters
(b) She cleaned up after her in her room
(c) She taught her how to read and write
(d) She took care of the pet birds

5. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?
(a) He was a local leader
(b) He was king
(c) He was prime minister
(d) He was a political prisoner

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?

2. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?

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

4. What problem does Anoosh say will complicate the Marxist program in Iran?

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

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