- 1. The Sasanian monarchs claimed to be descended from which legendary Iranian dynasty?
A) Seleucids
B) Parthians
C) Kayanids
D) Achaemenids
- 2. Which sacred text mentions the Kayanid dynasty?
A) Avesta
B) Bundahishn
C) Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan
D) Shahnameh
- 3. The Kayanid dynasty is commonly thought to be based upon which historical dynasty?
A) Median
B) Parthian
C) Achaemenid
D) Sumerian
- 4. Which historical figure's empire was conquered by Alexander the Great, similar to the legendary Dara?
A) Darius I
B) Xerxes I
C) Darius III
D) Cyrus the Great
- 5. According to the Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan, Ardashir was the son of whom?
A) Darius III
B) Sasan
C) Pabag
D) Alexander the Great
- 6. Who was Pabag in the context of the Sasanian lineage accounts?
A) A Kayanid prince
B) A Zoroastrian high priest
C) A Persian king
D) A feudal ruler in Persis
- 7. Which historian suggested that Ardashir claimed descent from whoever was most convenient?
A) Martin Schwartz
B) Herodotus
C) Touraj Daryaee
D) Xenophon
- 8. What is the primary reason the Sasanians claimed descent from the Achaemenids?
A) Prestige and legitimacy
B) To avoid war
C) Religious mandate
D) Tax exemptions
- 9. The name 'Sasan' was thought to be composed of which epigraphic form?
A) Kay
B) Dara
C) Pab
D) Ssn
- 10. According to Martin Schwartz, the deity on pottery wares is identified as what?
A) An old Semitic goddess
B) A Zoroastrian guardian deity
C) A Roman god
D) A Kayanid king
- 11. Where was the Semitic goddess Ssn worshiped in the second millennium BC?
A) Taxila
B) Ugarit
C) Persepolis
D) Ctesiphon
- 12. Where were the coins containing the word 'Sasa' found?
A) Babylon
B) Ugarit
C) Taxila
D) Persis
- 13. The symbols on the Taxila coins are similar to those of which Sasanian ruler?
A) Darius III
B) Ardashir
C) Sasan
D) Shapur I
- 14. What did the Sasanians possibly do regarding Sasan's rank?
A) Demoted it to a mortal
B) Removed it from historical records
C) Declared it an ancient city
D) Raised it to that of a god
- 15. The nickname 'Kay' was used to relate Ardashir to which figures?
A) The Parthian monarchs
B) The legendary Kayanians
C) The Greek conquerors
D) The Semitic gods
- 16. In what year was the Sasanian dynasty founded?
A) 200 CE
B) 336 BC
C) 651 CE
D) 224 CE
- 17. What title was used to describe the Sasanian sovereign?
A) Caliph
B) Emperor
C) Spahbed
D) Shahanshah
- 18. Where did the Sasanian dynasty fall in 651 CE?
A) Western Europe
B) Persia
C) China
D) India
- 19. What is another name for the Sasanian Empire?
A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Kayanian Empire
C) Indo-Parthian Empire
D) Neo-Persian Empire
- 20. Who was the last recorded member of the Sasanian royal house in China?
A) Papak
B) Narsieh
C) Ardashir I
D) Yazdegerd III
- 21. What surname did Narsieh adopt in China?
A) Sasan
B) Papak
C) Li
D) Tang
- 22. Which official sometimes held effective power besides the Shahanshah?
A) Governor
B) Spahbed
C) General
D) Priest
- 23. Against which ruler did Papak revolt at the beginning of the third century?
A) Artabanus IV
B) Alexander the Great
C) Darius III
D) Ardashir I
- 24. According to the Shahnameh, where did the ancestors of Sasan reside following Alexander's conquests?
A) China
B) Persis
C) Sakastan
D) India
- 25. Which historian suggested the Sasanian family descended from the Indo-Parthians of Sakastan?
A) Marek Jan Olbrycht
B) Khodadad Rezakhani
C) Gaozong
D) Ardashir I
- 26. What specific evidence did scholars use to suggest a link between Sasanians and Indo-Parthians?
A) Marriage records
B) Coinage
C) Religious texts
D) Architecture
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