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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Satrapi and her family oppose the Islamic Revolution?
(a) They go to forbidden events
(b) They protest for reform
(c) They support opposition figures
(d) They write letters to the newspapers

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

3. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?
(a) Never forget your people
(b) Forget any wrongs if righting them will kill you
(c) Forgive but never forget
(d) Never forgive atrocities

4. What does Satrapi want to play with her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) Music
(b) Monopoly
(c) Chess
(d) Cards

5. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?
(a) Republican reforms
(b) An open market
(c) Religious freedom
(d) An Islamist state

6. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?
(a) 150
(b) 3,000
(c) 15,000
(d) 300

7. What assurance does Satrapi’s mother give her after she is upset about torturers?
(a) That there is justice on earth
(b) That forgiveness is important
(c) That there is wisdom in accepting that torture happens in life
(d) That they will suffer in turn

8. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?
(a) Syria
(b) Persia
(c) Iran
(d) Aryana

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

10. What was Siamak’s crime?
(a) Protesting the government
(b) Witnessing police brutality
(c) Writing subversive articles
(d) Marrying an American

11. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?
(a) In school
(b) With her mother
(c) In the arms of God
(d) With her grandmother

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

13. When was Iran modernized?
(a) 19th century
(b) 18th century
(c) 16th century
(d) 20th century

14. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?
(a) She was ashamed to ride in her father's Cadillac
(b) She wanted to be a prophet
(c) Her parents had wanted to flee the country
(d) Her parents had protested to preserve the old aristocracy

15. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?
(a) She says he is an imposter
(b) She says she wants him exiled
(c) She says she likes him because he looks kind
(d) She says he was chosen by God

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?

3. How do the Guardians of the Revolution intimidate Siamak?

4. How do Satrapi’s parents justify remaining in Iran?

5. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?

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