Allusions in Persepolis

Question 1

What is the BBC?

Accepted Answer

British Broadcasting Company

Question 2

The Shah is

Accepted Answer

title of the Iranian King

Question 3

A brief reference to a person, place, event or a work of art is called

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 4

the CIA is an organization in the US government that is responsible for providing

Accepted Answer

national security

Question 5

An economic system where the means of production, distribution and industry are privately owned

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 6

African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

Question 7

Leningrad is a city in Russian that is now called

Accepted Answer

St. Petersburg

Question 8

Who is the most influential martial artists of the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Bruce Lee

Question 9

Che Guevara is a major figure in the

Accepted Answer

Cuban Revolution

Question 10

The BeeGees, ABBA, Julio Inglesias and Pink Floyd are all

Accepted Answer

Musical artists

Question 11

Avant-garde means

Accepted Answer

experimental or innovative

Question 12

A German philosopher whose ideas played an important role in the modern idea of communism

Accepted Answer

Marx

Question 13

A person who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural and delivers knowledge

Accepted Answer

Prophet

Question 14

Political and spiritual leader of India that used non-violence

Accepted Answer

Gandhi

Questions 14