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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 did Satrapi say made it hard to look at her uncle Taher?

2. How does Satrapi represent her feelings when she finds out her friend has been killed?

3. How did Pardisse write her report?

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

5. What happened a year after Satrapi’s uncle Taher died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ceremonies do Satrapi and other Iranians perform in response to the war?

3. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

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

5. How does Satrapi say the Iranian currency has changed during the war?

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

7. What does Satrapi ask her parents to bring back for her from Turkey?

8. How does Satrapi avoid getting into trouble with the Guardians of the Revolution?

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

10. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of Persepolis—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

In many places, Satrapi uses irony to comment on her own innocence, on her parents’ contradictions, or on the Islamic revolution. Using examples from the text, describe the patterns that run through Satrapi’s use of irony. What kinds of latent meanings does she express? What kind of point of view does she expect her reader to share with her, to understand her irony?

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