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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?
2. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?
3. What household item does Mohsen say was used for torturing his friend Ahmadi?
4. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?
5. When did Western influence in Iran end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Satrapi learn from Ashraf Darvishian?
2. Why did Satrapi get in trouble for what she told Siamak’s daughter?
3. What is the problem with Marxism in Iran, according to Anoosh?
4. Describe the visual style of Persepolis.
5. What kinds of torture do Siamak and Mohsen describe having suffered in prison?
6. What are Satrapi and her family’s feelings about leaving Iran, and what decision do they make?
7. What is Anoosh’s role in Iran’s history?
8. Why is Satrapi disappointed with her father?
9. What naïve view of Satrapi’s do Anoosh and her parents disabuse her of at the beginning of Chapter 9: The Sheep?
10. Describe the events that led up the Shah’s fall.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 2
What morals does Satrapi’s graphic novel teach? Which characters are the best teachers? How does Satrapi herself learn different lessons? Which lessons demand the most from her?
Essay Topic 3
What does it mean for Marjane Satrapi to be a prophet, and how does she go about becoming a prophet throughout Persepolis? How does her idea about being a prophet change throughout the story?
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