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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?
(a) She started a new school
(b) Her father lost his job
(c) She had to wear a veil at school
(d) Her family left Iran

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

3. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?
(a) He was prime minister
(b) He was king
(c) He was a political prisoner
(d) He was a local leader

4. What does Marjane get in trouble for telling her friend about her father, who is in prison?
(a) That he is probably in America
(b) That he will never come home
(c) That he has probably been eaten
(d) That he is probably dead

5. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?
(a) At age 10
(b) At age 14
(c) At birth
(d) At age 6

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohsen called in prison?

2. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?

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

4. When did Western influence in Iran end?

5. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

(see the answer key)

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