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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From Greek historians
(b) From local legends
(c) From indigenous Aryans
(d) From Indo-European invaders

2. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?
(a) An Islamist state
(b) Republican reforms
(c) Religious freedom
(d) An open market

3. When did Western influence in Iran end?
(a) 1885
(b) 1885
(c) 1989
(d) 1979

4. Where had Satrapi’s father spent the day, when he returns at night?
(a) In the streets
(b) At the army's headquarters
(c) In prison
(d) At the hospital

5. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?
(a) The Westernization of Iran
(b) Government attacks on freedom
(c) Layoffs at the university
(d) Pay cuts for civil servants

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?

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

3. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say the Shah’s father spent the country’s money?

4. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?

5. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?

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