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Persepolis Opening Chapters
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The opening chapters of Persepolis.
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1
As the regime became more repressive...
"They exterminated the enemy within"
"The focused on the war against Iraq"
2
In 'The Key' Marji's mother encourages her to...
Support the war
Think of life
3
What does Marji not experience because of the war?
Gas rationing
Forced military training
Empty supermarkets
Air raids
4
Satrapi contrasts the poor at war with
Marji and her friends at a party
Well off children at school
5
Marji and her friends show their irreverence by mocking...
Self-flagellation
The war
6
What are the drawn tear drops, sweat drops, etc., known as in a graphic novel?
Emanata
Emanate
Exclaima
Exclamation marks
7
Why does the neighbour's son lose interest in Mehri?
He no longer loves her
He found someone else
He supports the Shah
She is a different social class
8
What makes 'Persepolis' unique?
The family history
Iranian history
Marji's innocent observations
The complex drawings
9
We see Marji growing as a character because...
She begins to rebel against her parents
She becomes interested in foreign food
Her observations become more adultlike
She has older friends
10
"We found ourselves veiled and..."
"...segregated from our friends."
"...separated from our friends."
11
Which of these was not a reason to put up black curtains?
To block light from bombers
To stop glass from bombs
To keep neighbours from spying
To stop the religious police from spying
12
What does Marji's dad say about the people who have left?
They will all return
They will have a tough time abroad
13
What does Marji offer Anoosh in exchange for more stories?
Hot chocolate
Her books on communism
Her books on religion
Her iron maiden tapes
14
After Marji's father arrived home late he said he was...
In prison
Fighting the army
In a water cell
Taking photos of martyrs at the hospital
15
What does Marji learn about her grandpa?
He was an emperor
He was imprisoned for his beliefs
He was prime minister
He was king
16
Pardisse says: "I wish he were alive and in jail rather than dead and a hero."
This is significant because Marji wished her dad was a hero
This is significant because Marji has family in jail
17
What was 'the water cell'
A place in Marji's school
Something she learnt in biology
Where he grandpa was confined
A floating room
18
What did Marji want to be when she was a child?
A Prophet
A Disciple
A Doctor
A God
19
What message about the Shah's supporters does Marji's mother preach?
Peace
Charity
Forgiveness
Justice
20
What did the widow of the old martyr reveal?
That her husband wasn't dead
That her husband supported the shah
That her husband died of cancer
That her husband wasn't a martyr
21
How old is Marji in the first panel of the novel?
9
6
8
10
22
What are the keys for?
To get soldiers into heaven
To identify soldiers
To open deposit boxes for soldiers' wages
23
What is the first chapter called?
The Veil
The Bicycle
The Prophet
The Revolution
24
What does Mali say is "intolerable"?
"To be spat upon by your own kind"
"To lose everything in an instant"
"To see your expensive marble destroyed"
"To have the Iraqi's attack"
25
How does Marji's mother change her attitude after learning of Ahmadi's death?
She no longer supports the revolution
She no longer believes in religion
She wants the torturers brought to justice
She becomes less committed to forgiveness
26
Why does the young Marji think Westerners intervened in Persian politics?
Commodoties
Strategy
Oil
Persia's location
27
Which of these rules was not in Marji's holy book?
Maids should eats with everyone else
Everbody should have a bike
No old person should suffer
Speak well, behave well, act well
28
The day Mehri and Marji demonstrated was Black Friday. What happened?
Great deals
Post-Thanksgiving shopping
People were killed in riots at the shops
The army killed many demonstrators
29
What happened Marji's mother at a demonstration?
She was hit with tear gas
She was arrested
A journalist interviewed her
A journalist took her photograph
30
Marji wishes her dad was...
A hero
A professor
A religious expert
American
31
What is the name for the framed image in a graphic novel?
Frame
Panel
Sequence
Shot
32
In "The Water Cell" what did Marji's parents do every day?
Played monopoly with Marji
Fought the police
Demonstrated against the Shah
Prayed to God
33
What did Marji's grandma do to fool the neighbours?
Pretend to cook
Put on a happy face
Pretend to sew
Play loud music
34
Why is Marji frustrated at the end of the chapter 'Persepolis'?
She still supports the Shah
She needs more books
She doesn't fully understand what is happening
She can't read
35
When Marji met Anoosh she...
wished he was her dad
"loved him immediately"
36
What did Marji hear while Anoosh was staying with them?
Anoosh's plans to leave
Political discussions
BBC radio
Communist theory
37
Who did Marji have a big discussion with every night?
Karl Marx
Her father
Her mother
God
38
What did the fundamentalist "students" occupy?
The schools
The US embassy
The government
The university
39
What happened Siamak?
He went to the US
He was executed
He was drowned in a bathtub
He crossed the border amongst a flock of sheep
40
Who did not visit Marji after the fire at the Rex cinema?
Her grandmother
Her mother
God
Her father
41
What does Anoosh say to Marji before he is executed?
"You are the little girl I always wanted to have"
"You must leave the country very soon"
42
Marji: "I sealed my act of rebellion against mother's dictatorship..."
"By smoking"
"By listening to heavy metal"
"By cutting class"
"By praying more"
43
"I wanted to be justice, love and the..."
"rage of God all in one."
"wrath of God all in one."
44
Why were bilingual schools closed?
"They are symbols of capitalism and decadence"
"Foreign languages are hereby outlawed"
45
When Marji asks if Russians "don't have heads?" she is showing her...
Eccentricity
Innocence
Stupidity
46
What had happened by the time Marji's family returned from their holiday?
The embassies were closed
Another relative had died
The revolution had ended
Iraq had invaded Iran
47
Marji realises that what is causing her shame?
The treatment of martyrs
Her lack of action in the revolution
The treatment of others
The difference between social classes
48
What was at the parties Marji's parents went to?
"Nothing illegal"
"Everything that was forbidden"
Alcohol
Cigarettes
49
"To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of..."
The nation
Family
The religious
Society
50
Name the type of panel that spreads across the page.
Spread
Frameless panel
Bleed
Splash
