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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?
(a) Prime ministers
(b) Generals
(c) Crowns
(d) Foreign policies
2. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?
(a) With her grandmother
(b) In the arms of God
(c) With her mother
(d) In school
3. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From Greek historians
(b) From Indo-European invaders
(c) From indigenous Aryans
(d) From local legends
4. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?
(a) As a humble reformer
(b) As a popular leader
(c) As a tool of the English
(d) As a popular leader
5. Where did Anoosh say he suffered most?
(a) In his freedom
(b) In his exile
(c) In prison
(d) In his marriage
6. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?
(a) Because her husband had supported the king
(b) Because he had been in the army himself
(c) Because she was not even Iranian
(d) Because her husband died of cancer
7. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?
(a) Nail her ears to the wall
(b) Send her to rot in prison
(c) Cast her out of the family
(d) Make her clean the house
8. Where was Anoosh involved in politics?
(a) Isfahan
(b) Savah
(c) Teheran
(d) Azerbaijan
9. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?
(a) 300
(b) 3,000
(c) 15,000
(d) 150
10. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?
(a) He was her great-uncle
(b) He was her great-grandfather
(c) He was her grandfather
(d) He was her uncle
11. What prediction does Anoosh make to Satrapi?
(a) That there will one day be justice for murderers
(b) That one day she will write important books
(c) That one day the regime will fall to reformers
(d) That one day the proletariat will rule
12. Where does Satrapi’s mother tell Marjane Anoosh has gone?
(a) To prison
(b) To Russia
(c) To visit his mother in another city
(d) To America
13. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?
(a) She reads the same books that inspired him
(b) She eats the same diet he was given while in prison
(c) She stays in the bath until her skin is as wrinkled as his
(d) She goes among the people to hear what they think
14. Who created the first Iranian nation?
(a) The Medes
(b) The Persians
(c) The Aryans
(d) The Greeks
15. How is Mohsen killed?
(a) He is hung
(b) He is shot
(c) He is drowned
(d) He is savagely beaten
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?
2. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?
3. What was Mohsen called in prison?
4. When was Iran modernized?
5. What service did Satrapi perform for Mehri?
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