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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the swan made of, that Anoosh gives Marjane?
(a) Bread
(b) A pebble
(c) Paper
(d) An old knife

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

4. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?
(a) Because Iran has gotten a bad name form its extremist leaders
(b) Because Iran is no longer the country she knew as a child
(c) Because she wants to tell the story of those who died for her country
(d) Because she wants to explain why Iran is the way that it is

5. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?
(a) Because he helped to bring about regime change
(b) Because he suffered under the previous regime
(c) Because he has studied dialectic materialism
(d) Because he is well-traveled and well-cultured

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Satrapi’s account of Iranian history begin?

2. Who created the first Iranian nation?

3. How did Satrapi describe the war in her report for school?

4. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?

5. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?

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