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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 assurance does Satrapi’s mother give her after she is upset about torturers?

2. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

3. How is Mohsen killed?

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

5. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the events that led up the Shah’s fall.

3. Why is Satrapi disappointed with her father?

4. What is Satrapi’s relationship with Mehri?

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

6. Describe Satrapi’s experiments in playing ‘torture.’

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

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

9. What are Satrapi and her family’s feelings about leaving Iran, and what decision do they make?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Persepolis an American book? What part of the American experience does Persepolis resonate with? Using examples from the text, say whether or how Persepolis represents the American experience.

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 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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