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

Alexander the Great

Cyrus the Great

Mongolian armies
2 What was the name of the country before it was called Iran?
Persia

Aryan

Iraq

Indo-Europe
3 Which twentieth century Iranian ruler renamed the country Iran?
The Shah

Mossadeq

the British Prime Minister

Reza Shah
4 How was Mossadeq removed from power?
peaceful succession of power

resignation

coup

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

the Axis powers

it was neutral

the Persian powers
6 In what year did it become mandatory for Iranian girls to wear veils at school?
1984

1979

1980

1990
7 According to the cultural revolutionaries, what do bilingual schools represent?
colonialism

poor education

America

capitalism
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 wears heavy coats

she changes her name

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

Moses

Mohammed

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

Karl Marx

Leon Trotsky

Che Guevara
11 Why is the author so well versed in world history?
she watches historical dramas on television

she overhears dinner table conversations

she sees historical films at a local theater

her parents bought her books as a child
12 How many people die in the fire at the Rex Theater?
750

400

1000

200
13 The author says that the revolution is like what form of transportation?
car

bus

bicycle

train
14 As a child, what is the author's favorite comic book?
Recognition of Patterns

Dialectic Materialism

Superman

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

Battleship

Risk

Monopoly
16 Who was the father of the Shah, responsible for the overthrow of the King of Persia?
Fereydoon Shah

Khosar

Reza 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?
Britain

Germany

United States

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

Prime Minister

Director of the Hospital

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

Democracy

Communism

Socialism
21 What kind of torture did Marjane's grandfather undergo when arrested?
whipping

scaldings

psychological torture

water cell
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?
Nebuchadnezzar

The Prince of Persia

Napoleon

Cyrus the Great
24 One day, Marjane's father does not come home because he is doing what activity?
throwing rocks at soldiers

volunteering at the local hospital

plotting to overthrow the Shah's regime

taking photographs of the demonstrations
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?
cancer

yellow fever

malaria

rheumatism

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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