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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?
(a) He was her great-grandfather
(b) He was her uncle
(c) He was her great-uncle
(d) He was her grandfather

2. What statistic does Marjane offer to Anoosh’s political discussion?
(a) That 99.99% of Iranians voted for the Islamic Republic
(b) That the war has already killed 4% of the Iranian population
(c) That 78% of oil profits are taken out of Iran by the West
(d) That women are 95% less likely to know how to read

3. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?
(a) Invasion
(b) Agriculture
(c) Isolation
(d) Wealth

4. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?
(a) When her parents laugh about a story about cancer and death
(b) When her parents describe the political situation in Iran
(c) When her parents describe trying to live on a budget
(d) When her grandmother tells her stories about her own childhood

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

6. Who is the source of Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the king?
(a) Her friends
(b) Her parents
(c) Her teacher
(d) Television broadcasts

7. What closed in Iran in 1980?
(a) Iran's museums
(b) Iranian borders
(c) Bilingual schools
(d) Universities

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

9. What prediction does Anoosh make to Satrapi?
(a) That one day the proletariat will rule
(b) That there will one day be justice for murderers
(c) That one day she will write important books
(d) That one day the regime will fall to reformers

10. What state is Iran in when Satrapi and her family return from vacation?
(a) In a state of war with Iraq
(b) Civil war
(c) In a state of war with England
(d) In a state of war with the United States

11. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?
(a) Rape
(b) Arrest
(c) Fines
(d) Beating

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

13. Who created the first Iranian nation?
(a) The Aryans
(b) The Greeks
(c) The Medes
(d) The Persians

14. What is Satrapi’s reaction to her father’s reaction to the romance between Mehri and the neighbor boy?
(a) She continues writing letters
(b) She protests it
(c) She complains to her mother
(d) She sulks in her room

15. What problem does Anoosh say will complicate the Marxist program in Iran?
(a) Western economic interests
(b) Islamic fundamentalism
(c) Illiteracy
(d) Russian military interests

Short Answer Questions

1. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?

2. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?

3. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?

4. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

5. What service did Satrapi perform for Mehri?

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