Persepolis

Question 1

Who is the woman who wore disguises after her photo was taken?

Answer 1

Mom

Question 2

Who was the ruler who replaced the author’s grandfather?

Answer 2

Reba Shah

Question 3

Who was the Egyptian who gives shelter to Iran’s former ruler?

Answer 3

Anwar Al-Sadat

Question 4

Who was the family maid who is like a sister for the author?

Answer 4

Nehru

Question 5

Who was the President who tried not to get involved in Iran?

Answer 5

Jimmy Carter

Question 6

Who is the author’s uncle who tells her exciting stories?

Answer 6

Anoosh

Question 7

Who is the girl who writes a report about her dead father?

Answer 7

Pardisse

Question 8

Who is the girl that sees her father as a hero when he returns?

Answer 8

Laly

Question 9

Who is the communist forced to get married before she dies?

Answer 9

Niloufar

Question 10

Who is the man that has multiple heart attacks and misses his son?

Answer 10

Uncle Taher

Question 11

Who is the sensitive man who enjoys Iron Maiden?

Answer 11

Dad

Question 12

Who is the author of the novel who uses cartoons?

Answer 12

Marji

Question 13

Which Persian city was destroyed by Alexander the Great?

Answer 13

Persepolis

Question 14

Which Greek city was destroyed by the Persians after the Battle of Thermopylae?

Answer 14

Athens

Question 15

Who was the leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran?

Answer 15

Ayatollah Khomeine

Question 16

What does Marji’s neighbor say about the spot on her cheek?

Answer 16

A bullet grazed her cheek at a demonstration

Question 17

Which household appliance does Marji remember from stories of torture?

Answer 17

Iron

Question 18

Where did Uncle Anoosh live when he married and started a family?

Answer 18

Russia

Question 19

What does Anoosh give to Marji?

Answer 19

Swan carved from bread

Question 20

Which country declares war on Iran?

Answer 20

Iraq

Question 21

What do Marji and her grandmother destroy before the authorities can find it?

Answer 21

Alcohol

Question 22

What does Marji’s mother hide inside her husband’s coast lining?

Answer 22

Posters

Question 23

Why are Marji’s Jewish neighbor’s at home during the missile attack?

Answer 23

Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath

Question 24

What does Marji see just before the leaves Iran?

Answer 24

Her father is carrying her mother

Question 25

Are panels- squares or rectangle that contain scenes in graphic novels?

Answer 25

YES

Question 26

Do captions contains information about scenes or characters in graphic novels.

Answer 26

YES

Question 27

Do Iranian women have to shave their heads because hair excites men?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Was Marji's grandfather often imprisoned in a cell filled with water?

Answer 28

YES

Question 29

Does Marji sometimes believe that her father is a coward?

Answer 29

YES

Question 30

Does Marji worry about Anoosh because her parents say that he is on a trip?

Answer 30

YES

Question 31

Is Anoosh executed because the authorities think that he is a Russian spy?

Answer 31

YES

Question 32

Does Marji find comfort by praying after Anoosh is gone?

Answer 32

YES

Question 33

Does Marji smoke a cigarette to end her childhood and become a grown-up?

Answer 33

YES

Question 34

Is Uncle Taher depressed because his son was killed by an Iraqui missile?

Answer 34

NO

Question 35

Does Marji move to the United States because she will be safer there?

Answer 35

NO

Question 36

What did Iranian protesters do at the US Embassy in 1979? Why did they do this?

Answer 36

They stormed the embassy and held the Americans as hostages Protest against the shah receiving medical treatment in the US

Question 37

How does Marji feel when she sits in her father's Cadillac? Why does she feel this way?

Answer 37

Shame Revolution is about eliminating social differences

Question 38

Why does Marji compare the revolution to a bicycle? What does she mean?

Answer 38

Bicycle will fall if the wheels stop turning Revolution will fail if the people strop driving it

Question 39

How does Marji's father handle the maid's love life? How does Marji feel?

Answer 39

Father tells the neighbor that Mehri is just his maid not his daughter Marji is angry that her father would hurt Mehri to preserve social divisions

Question 40

Why do boys receive plastic keys in school? How are they symbolic?

Answer 40

Symbolic keys to Heaven Encouragement to join the army and fight

Question 41

Describe the experiences of women during the Iranian Revolution. Discuss specific female characters in the graphic novel whose experiences were particularly difficult. How were Marji and her mother affected in different ways? Why did life seem more dangerous for women in the Islamic Republic?

Answer 41

Women were forced to wear the veil (Hair was alluring) Marji's mother concealed her identity after being photographed at a demonstration Guardians of the Revolution often insult and threaten "modern" women Niloufar was arrested, married, raped and executed Marji rebels at school because she remembers secular culture and wants to be like Anoosh Marji's mother will do anything to protect her family - - conceal feeling send Marji away Islamic Republic forces women to be subservient - fundamentalism