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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. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?
(a) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(b) Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression
(c) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government
(d) Because she wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair

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

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

5. How do Satrapi’s parents justify remaining in Iran?
(a) They know that they will be prevented from leaving
(b) They think they can still make a difference in Iran
(c) They cannot afford to make the trip
(d) They do not wish to take lowly work abroad

6. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?
(a) He is confused and uncomfortable
(b) He is ashamed and conciliatory
(c) He is indifferent and unsympathetic
(d) He is indignant and self-righteous

7. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?
(a) He fires the maid
(b) He ends it
(c) He forbids it
(d) He encourages it

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

9. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 18
(d) 4

10. How does Satrapi make Anoosh’s story make sense?
(a) She forbids anyone to suffer like he did, when she is in charge.
(b) She tells herself it is just like books she has read.
(c) She focuses only on the things he was given to eat.
(d) She compares his trials to her friend’s father’s trials.-

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

12. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?
(a) Iranian oil
(b) Control of the parliament to the opposition parties
(c) Borderlands
(d) Nothing

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

14. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From Greek historians
(b) From Indo-European invaders
(c) From indigenous Aryans
(d) From local legends

15. How do the Guardians of the Revolution intimidate Siamak?
(a) They have him fired from his job
(b) They beat him
(c) They kill his sister
(d) They leave a dead dog on his doorstep

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

2. What did Satrapi say Islam is against?

3. How is Mohsen killed?

4. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?

5. What did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?

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