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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. How does Satrapi’s father explain the persecution of individuals in Iran?

2. Who is the source of Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the king?

3. What began to happen regularly after Black Friday?

4. What was Mohsen called in prison?

5. What does Satrapi find herself wishing had happened to her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the visual style of Persepolis.

2. What did Satrapi learn from Ashraf Darvishian?

3. Describe Satrapi’s experience of her first protest.

4. How have conditions changed by the time Satrapi and her family return from vacation?

5. Describe Satrapi’s relationship with God.

6. What is Satrapi’s relationship with the Iranian cultural revolution?

7. How is Satrapi’s idea of the Iranian revolution different from her father’s?

8. How does Satrapi’s status as a child create humor in Persepolis?

9. What causes the Satrapi family to go on vacation to Europe?

10. What lesson does Satrapi’s mother teach her about injustice?

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

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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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