About Marjane Satrapi
She is the author and illustrator of Persepolis.
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
These boxes contain narration and background information.
What are captions?
Marjane had to wear this on her head at school.
What is a veil?
In 2013, this U.S. city pulled Persepolis from classrooms due to “graphic language and images.”
What is Chicago?
Animal Ravel is scared of
What is a manatee?
Satrapi was born in this Middle Eastern country.
What is Iran?
This is the term for the space between panels.
This major event overthrew the Shah and brought in an Islamic regime.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
Iranian officials claimed Persepolis was this kind of attack against the country.
What is propaganda?
This U.S. president served the longest time in office.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
As a teenager, Satrapi was sent to live and study in this European city.
What is Vienna?
Marjane Satrapi uses this visual technique to suggest oppression, grief, or intensity.
What is heavy black shading/silhouette?
Persepolis highlights this form of rule, combining religion and government.
What is theocracy?
Some U.S. schools have challenged Persepolis due to fear or misunderstanding of this religion.
What is Islam?
This language is the most spoken in the world by native speakers.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
Satrapi eventually settled in this country where she launched her creative career.
The book uses this type of narrative point of view.
What is first-person?
Marjane wears these in secret to show her rebellion.
What are Western clothes (or jeans, sneakers, etc.)?
The ancient city of Persepolis was destroyed by the army of this historical figure.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This planet spins the fastest and has the shortest day in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
Before becoming a graphic novelist, Satrapi studied this field of art in Strasbourg.
What is illustration/visual communication?
Persepolis is an example of this specific graphic novel genre.
What is a graphic memoir/autobiography?
Persepolis itself is this kind of act for Marjane.
What is resistance or defiance?
Persepolis was once the capital of this ancient empire.
What is the Achaemenid Empire?
This word means a fear of long words and is ironically very long.
What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?