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Persepolis Background and First Part

Authored by Cameron Ratliff

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Persepolis Background and First Part
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why doesn't Marji think her father is a hero?

She thinks he is a coward for not demonstrating against the government.

His photography did not expose the government's abuses of the people.

She thought he should not have told her neighbor about Mehri's lie about her identity.

He was not imprisoned, like some of her friends' fathers were.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was Great Britain interested in Iran in the early 1900s?

They wanted to colonize the country to expand their empire?

They wanted the gold the country had.

They wanted the country's oil.

They wanted to convert the people to Christianity.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did so many people support getting rid of the Shah?

They wanted an Islamic government.

They thought the Shah gave too much power to western influences.

They thought the Shah was corrupt and violent.

There were many reasons, including all three of these choices.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What government resulted from the 1979 revolution?

A communist government

the Islamic Republic

a weak democracy

a colonial government under Great Britain

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is Anoosh?

A leader of the Islamic revolution who Marji's family knows.

Marji's uncle, who was an ally of the Shah.

Marji's uncle, who was a Marxist (communist) and opposed the Shah.

Marji's family friend, who worked for the Russian government.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who was Fereydoon (p 55)?

The Shah's minister who fought against the USSR (communist Russia).

Anoosh's uncle who tried to make Azerbaijan (an Iranian province) an independent state from the Shah's Iran.

Anoosh's boss who sent him to Russia.

An Iranian clergyman.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What happened to Fereydoon?

He went into exile in Iraq.

He was executed by the Shah.

He escaped to Russia and snuck back to Iran later.

He helped with the revolution in Iran to overthrow the Shah.

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