Author
The country Marjane Satrapi was born in
Where is Iran
The name of the feature of blank space in the background of a panel
What is Negative Space?
"This is me when I was 10 years old. This was in 1980."
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
The name of the main character
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
The social group that is most oppressed in the novel
What is women oppression?
The genre Persepolis falls under, telling the author's real-life story
What is a memoir?
The name of the feature in which a panel is over another
What is Bleed/ Overlap?
"Tomorrow there will be another demonstration."
Who is Ebi Satrapi? (Marji's father).
The king of Iran told to be chosen by god in schoolbooks
Who is the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?
The theory the Satrapi's family aligned with
What is Marxism?
The dominant religion in Iran
What is Shia Islam?
The feature in which a conversation between characters is demonstrated
What is a speech bubble?
"Satrapi! You shouldn't say things like that. Stand in the corner!
Who is Satrapis teacher?
The woman recognized for her activism and protest for women
Who is Taji Satrapi? (Marjane's Mother)
The language Persepolis was originally published in
What is French?
Before becoming an author, Satrapi studied this field in Europe
What is art?
The name of the for the physical space between panels in a graphic novel
What is the gutter?
"Such a sweet child! I'll sleep here tonight and tell you stories."
Who is Uncle Anoosh?
The way in which Marjane's uncle known as Anoosh, an ex-political prisoner died
What is captured and executed?
The year and name of the revolution that takes place in the novel
What is the 1979 Islamic Revolution?
The major global conflict during the 1980s that impacted Satrapi's childhood in Iran
What is the Iran- Iraq war?
The feature of an entire page filled of a drawing with no text
What is a Splash Page?
"Jimmy Carter, the president of the United States refused to give refuge to the exiled shah and his family."
Who is the TV news reporter?
The leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
The symbol of the Marjane's "Jean Jacket"
What is rebellion?