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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 does Marjane Satrapi say God looks like?
(a) Marx
(b) Her grandfather
(c) The Shah
(d) Descartes
2. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From Indo-European invaders
(b) From Greek historians
(c) From indigenous Aryans
(d) From local legends
3. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?
(a) Reza Shah
(b) Shell Oil
(c) Mossadeq
(d) Alexander the Great
4. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?
(a) She left the country
(b) She got a job in a factory
(c) She took in sewing
(d) She remarried to a rich man
5. How did Siamak ultimately flee Iran?
(a) In a passenger jet
(b) In a flock of sheep
(c) In a truck
(d) In a cargo ship
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Marjane Satrapi want to hurt her classmate Ramin for?
2. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?
3. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?
4. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?
5. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of future does Satrapi expect for herself, at the beginning of Persepolis?
2. Describe Satrapi’s point of view on the religious and cultural questions being debated around her at the beginning of Persepolis.
3. Why is Satrapi disappointed with her father?
4. What lesson does Satrapi’s mother teach her about injustice?
5. What is Satrapi’s father’s role in the developing political conflict?
6. What are Satrapi’s feelings about her uncle’s stories?
7. What are Satrapi and her family’s feelings about leaving Iran, and what decision do they make?
8. Why does Satrapi say she wanted to write Persepolis?
9. What changes did the Shah make in Iran when he was installed in the 1950s?
10. What is Anoosh’s role in Iran’s history?
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