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

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

3. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?
(a) Her birth
(b) The Islamic Revolution
(c) The exile of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(d) The death of her grandmother

4. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?
(a) For stealing from her
(b) For lying to her
(c) For putting themselves in danger
(d) For not telling her where they were going

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohsen’s crime?

2. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?

3. What did Satrapi say Islam is against?

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

5. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What naïve view of Satrapi’s do Anoosh and her parents disabuse her of at the beginning of Chapter 9: The Sheep?

2. Describe Satrapi’s point of view on the religious and cultural questions being debated around her at the beginning of Persepolis.

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

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

5. What trouble does Satrapi’s relationship with Mehri cause?

6. Describe Satrapi’s relationship with God.

7. Describe the visual style of Persepolis.

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

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

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

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