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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Satrapi get in trouble for, after the schools reopen?
(a) Remembering that the teacher said the king was chosen by God
(b) Not showing up
(c) Forcing other students to remove their veils against their will
(d) Still wearing her veil

2. Where was Anoosh involved in politics?
(a) Isfahan
(b) Teheran
(c) Savah
(d) Azerbaijan

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

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

5. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?
(a) That they should be forgiven
(b) That they should be killed
(c) That they should be exiled
(d) They they should repent

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Iran modernized?

2. What state is Iran in when Satrapi and her family return from vacation?

3. What does Satrapi say she gave up after talking about torture with her mother?

4. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

5. What was Siamak’s crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Satrapi’s mother teach her about injustice?

2. What is Satrapi’s family’s connection to the revolution?

3. What traumatic experience does Satrapi’s mother have?

4. Why did Satrapi get in trouble for what she told Siamak’s daughter?

5. How is Satrapi’s idea of the Iranian revolution different from her father’s?

6. Describe the visual style of Persepolis.

7. What is the problem with Marxism in Iran, according to Anoosh?

8. Why does Satrapi say she wanted to write Persepolis?

9. What did Satrapi learn from Ashraf Darvishian?

10. What kinds of torture do Siamak and Mohsen describe having suffered in prison?

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