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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?
(a) Herman Melville
(b) Jane Austen
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) Walt Whitman

2. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?
(a) Crowns
(b) Prime ministers
(c) Generals
(d) Foreign policies

3. What did Satrapi say made it hard to look at her uncle Taher?
(a) Anger
(b) Scars from torture
(c) Injuries
(d) Sadness

4. Where does Mohsen say his torturers got training in torture?
(a) Prison camps
(b) The Nazis
(c) The CIA
(d) The KGB

5. What cause did the people finally get to celebrate?
(a) Democratic reforms
(b) Victory in the war with Iraq
(c) Increased liberties
(d) The king's departure

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khosro’s final wish?

2. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?

3. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?

4. What statistic does Marjane offer to Anoosh’s political discussion?

5. How does Satrapi characterize her mother, in relation to other Iranian mothers?

(see the answer key)

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