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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 is the result of the confrontation involving Satrapi and her teacher over Satrapi’s bracelet?

2. Who does Satrapi find hanging out at the place her friends take her to?

3. How does Satrapi’s mother react to the trouble she gets into at school?

4. How does Satrapi say the rituals were viewed?

5. What has started to show up in the streets, now that the war is going on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What trouble does Satrapi get into at school?

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

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

6. What solution do Satrapi’s parents propose, to the trouble Satrapi keeps getting into?

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

8. How do Satrapi’s parents smuggle their loot back into Iran?

9. What trouble does Satrapi get into at the next school she goes to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What exactly is the basis of Satrapi and her family’s resistance to the Islamic regime in Iran? Where is the kernel of their values stated most plainly? What specific tenets of Islamic fundamentalism do Satrapi and her family resist?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of Persepolis. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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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