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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 closed in Iran in 1980?

2. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

3. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?

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

5. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of future does Satrapi expect for herself, at the beginning of Persepolis?

2. What did Satrapi learn from Ashraf Darvishian?

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

4. Why does Satrapi say she wanted to write Persepolis?

5. What is the problem with Marxism in Iran, according to Anoosh?

6. What is it that causes Satrapi to realize that she doesn’t know anything, and what is her response to it?

7. What are Satrapi’s feelings about her uncle’s stories?

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

9. Describe the visual style of Persepolis.

10. Why did Satrapi get in trouble for what she told Siamak’s daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Persepolis—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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

How would you rewrite Persepolis, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

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