Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Quizzes

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Quiz 1

1 Who were the first people to come to Iran?
Indo-European invaders

Cyrus the Great

Mongolian armies

Alexander the Great
2 What was the name of the country before it was called Iran?
Aryan

Persia

Indo-Europe

Iraq
3 Which twentieth century Iranian ruler renamed the country Iran?
Mossadeq

The Shah

Reza Shah

the British Prime Minister
4 How was Mossadeq removed from power?
coup

peaceful succession of power

resignation

assassination
5 On which side did Iran fight during World War II?
the Persian powers

the Allied powers

the Axis powers

it was neutral
6 In what year did it become mandatory for Iranian girls to wear veils at school?
1990

1980

1984

1979
7 According to the cultural revolutionaries, what do bilingual schools represent?
capitalism

colonialism

America

poor education
8 What does the author's mother do to protect herself after a picture of her is published around the world?
she does not go out in public

she changes her name

she wears heavy coats

she dyes her hair
9 According to the author, who was the first prophet of Iran?
Mohammed

Moses

Abraham

Zarathustra
10 The author and her friends, as children, do not dress up as which revolutionary figure?
Fidel Castro

Che Guevara

Karl Marx

Leon Trotsky
11 Why is the author so well versed in world history?
her parents bought her books as a child

she sees historical films at a local theater

she watches historical dramas on television

she overhears dinner table conversations
12 How many people die in the fire at the Rex Theater?
1000

200

750

400
13 The author says that the revolution is like what form of transportation?
train

car

bus

bicycle
14 As a child, what is the author's favorite comic book?
Dialectic Materialism

Superman

The Wealth of Nations

Recognition of Patterns
15 What games does Marjane want to play with her parents when they return from the political rallys?
Life

Monopoly

Risk

Battleship
16 Who was the father of the Shah, responsible for the overthrow of the King of Persia?
Reza Shah

Khosar

Fereydoon Shah

Zarathustra
17 What leader of Turkey declared the state a "Western nation?"
Reza Shah

Fereydoon

Ghandi

Ataturk
18 Which Western nation supports Reza Shah in his overthrow of the Persian king?
France

Germany

United States

Britain
19 What political position had Marjane's grandfather held in the Shah's regime?
Prince

Director of the Hospital

Prime Minister

Minister of Culture
20 What political ideology did Marjane's grandfather become persuaded was right?
Democracy

Communism

Socialism

Secularism
21 What kind of torture did Marjane's grandfather undergo when arrested?
psychological torture

water cell

whipping

scaldings
22 After her grandfather was arrested, why did Marjane's grandmother often boil water on the stove?
to heat the house

to purify the water

to make the neighbors think they had food

to keep away the flies
23 Whose tomb does the Shah of Iran visit?
The Prince of Persia

Nebuchadnezzar

Cyrus the Great

Napoleon
24 One day, Marjane's father does not come home because he is doing what activity?
plotting to overthrow the Shah's regime

volunteering at the local hospital

taking photographs of the demonstrations

throwing rocks at soldiers
25 At the hospital, a crowd calls a dead old man a martyr, but the man's widow says that he really died from what disease?
yellow fever

rheumatism

malaria

cancer

Why wouldn’t a relationship work between mehri and her boyfriend, according to marji’s Father?

This is because she is from a lower social class than he is.

Asked by Isaiah H #729475

Answered by Aslan on 12/6/2017 2:55 AM

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“The Veil”: How was education affected by the new regime? Why?

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Persepolis is a graphic novel. Why do you think Satrapi chose this genre to tell her story?

As a graphic novel, it purposefully rejects the Islamic tenet that there should be no iconic representations of the faith. It boldly denounces the brutality of the regime and calls into question the legitimacy of its rule. The book challenges the...

Asked by Farah A #1277044

Answered by Aslan on 12/8/2022 10:20 PM

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