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

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

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

4. What resource changed Iran’s economy?
(a) Spices
(b) Dyes
(c) Oil
(d) Minerals

5. Where does Satrapi’s mother tell Marjane Anoosh has gone?
(a) To Russia
(b) To visit his mother in another city
(c) To prison
(d) To America

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?

2. Where was Anoosh involved in politics?

3. What does Marjane Satrapi want to hurt her classmate Ramin for?

4. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes did the Shah make in Iran when he was installed in the 1950s?

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

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

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

5. What did Satrapi learn from Ashraf Darvishian?

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

7. What causes the Satrapi family to go on vacation to Europe?

8. Describe Satrapi’s experience of her first protest.

9. How have conditions changed by the time Satrapi and her family return from vacation?

10. Why is Satrapi disappointed with her father?

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