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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. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?

2. What other rituals does Satrapi describe?

3. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?

4. Why do they choose that country?

5. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Satrapi’s father narrowly avoid his troubles with the Guardians of the Revolution?

2. What is the routine Satrapi and her family follow once the bombings start?

3. How does it come about that Iran retaliates with an air strike on Iraq?

4. Describe Satrapi’s shopping trip with her mother’s friend’s children.

5. What kind of atmosphere exists in the markets, as Chapter 12: The Jewels Opens?

6. What liberties does Satrapi take with her parents’ patience as political conditions deteriorate?

7. How is Satrapi’s life touched by the Iranian attack on Iraq?

8. How does Satrapi’s family try to overcome these obstacles to get Satrapi’s uncle medical care?

9. How does Satrapi avoid getting into trouble with the Guardians of the Revolution?

10. How do conditions change as the war with Iraq drags on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many places, Satrapi uses irony to comment on her own innocence, on her parents’ contradictions, or on the Islamic revolution. Using examples from the text, describe the patterns that run through Satrapi’s use of irony. What kinds of latent meanings does she express? What kind of point of view does she expect her reader to share with her, to understand her irony?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the audience for Persepolis? What is the ideal reader for Persepolis likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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