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Mahvash
  • 1. What was Mahvash's birth name?
A) Sardar Saker
B) Masoumeh Azizi Borujerdi
C) Leyli Majnun
D) Mahvash Borujerdi
  • 2. In which year did Mahvash die?
A) 1960
B) 1961
C) 1950
D) 1957
  • 3. Where was Mahvash born?
A) Borujerd, Iran
B) Shiraz, Iran
C) Esfahan, Iran
D) Tehran, Iran
  • 4. What was the title of the book Mahvash published in 1957?
A) A Girl from Esfahan
B) Secrets of Sexual Fulfillment
C) The Sun Shines
D) Ladder of Progress
  • 5. Where is Mahvash buried?
A) A private estate in Tehran
B) Tehran Central Cemetery
C) Borujerd City Cemetery
D) Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
  • 6. What type of singing style was Mahvash famous for using with her male audience?
A) Monologue singing
B) A cappella chanting
C) Call and response
D) Classical opera
  • 7. In what decade did Mahvash gain fame as a singer of the people?
A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1930s
  • 8. Why did religious authorities initially object to Mahvash's burial in a Muslim cemetery?
A) She died in a car accident
B) She was considered unclean and unchaste as an entertainer
C) She was a foreign national
D) She was not a Muslim
  • 9. What was the cause of Mahvash's death?
A) A plane crash
B) Illness
C) Old age
D) A car accident
  • 10. Which film was directed by George Ovadiah and featured Mahvash in 1959?
A) What's the Difference
B) Ladder of Progress
C) A Girl from Esfahan
D) The Sun Shines
  • 11. Mahvash was associated with a troupe performing what style of dance?
A) Ballet
B) Contemporary dance
C) Ruhowzi
D) Salsa
  • 12. What was the occupation of the man Mahvash married according to one biographical account?
A) Radio announcer
B) Cabaret owner
C) Film director
D) Violinist
  • 13. What was the reaction to Mahvash's funeral?
A) It was held in private
B) It was the largest of its day in Iran
C) It was forbidden by the police
D) It was ignored by the public
  • 14. What was the subject of the book Mahvash was prosecuted for in 1960?
A) Traditional Persian dance
B) Sexual fulfillment
C) Political revolution
D) Her life story as a dancer
  • 15. Mahvash performed in cabarets in Tehran starting in which period?
A) Late 1940s to early 1950s
B) Late 1930s
C) 1920s
D) 1960s
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