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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 he was chosen by God
(d) She says she wants him exiled

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

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

4. What was Mohsen called in prison?
(a) The man with eyes in the back of his head
(b) The man who will not talk
(c) The man who endures everything
(d) The man with seven lives

5. 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 forbids it
(c) He ends it
(d) He encourages it

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

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

8. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?
(a) His parents think it is too dangerous
(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 have been hired by the United States

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

10. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?
(a) A putsch
(b) An election
(c) An assassination
(d) Reforms

11. Whose thinking informs Anoosh’s thought in Chapter 9?
(a) Nietzsche
(b) Freud
(c) Lenin
(d) Darwin

12. Who does Marjane Satrapi say God looks like?
(a) The Shah
(b) Her grandfather
(c) Marx
(d) Descartes

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

14. When was Fereydoon’s son conceived?
(a) The night before his execution
(b) The day he is arrested
(c) The morning of his escape
(d) The day that Fereydoon proclaimed independence

15. How is Mohsen killed?
(a) He is drowned
(b) He is savagely beaten
(c) He is hung
(d) He is shot

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

2. Where does Mohsen say his torturers got training in torture?

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

4. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?

5. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?

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