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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?
(a) Courage
(b) Pettiness
(c) Shallowness
(d) Patriotism

2. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?
(a) His parents have been hired by the United States
(b) His parents got him a visa to study in the United States
(c) His parents have found a bride for him in Los Angeles
(d) His parents think it is too dangerous

3. What is Satrapi’s mother pressured to do?
(a) Leave the country
(b) Wear a veil
(c) Have sex with the Guardians of the Revolution
(d) Pay bribes to the Guardians of the Revolution

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

5. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?
(a) Two weeks
(b) A few hours
(c) A day
(d) A week

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Satrapi compare the war to?

2. How did Satrapi’s mother find out that she cut class?

3. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?

4. Why was the punishment Satrapi’s neighbor paid for having Western music in his house?

5. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

(see the answer key)

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