The Heros + Moscow
Marji's favorite uncle!
Who is Uncle Anoosh?
What is resources are becoming scarce due to the cost of the Iran-Iraq war?
True or false? The Iranian Revolution was exclusively fought by fundamentalist Muslims whose goal was to implement Sharia law.
What is false, the revolution was also fought by Iranian socialists too?
Is this the voice of the child Marji or the adult Marjane?
"My parents were so shocked... they forgot to spare me this experience" (Satrapi, 55).
Who is Marjane?
Reason: she is able to look back as an adult on how traumatizing the situation was.
The recently released political prisoners Siamak and Mohsen were...
What is socialist? What are revolutionaries? (Either answer works).
When Marji's dad worries about the religious leaders in charge, Anoosh is confident the socialists will soon take power because...
What is he argues that religious leaders don't know how to govern?
When Marji and her dad here Iraq bombed Tehran, they are worried about...
Who is Marji's mom? or What is Marji's mom being a victim of the bombing?
In the article "Iran 1979: A revolution that was taken from the working class," the author argues that socialism historically failed in Iran due to...
What is ineffective leadership?
Is this the voice of the child Marji or the adult Marjane?
"We shouted from morning until night" (Satrapi, 42).
Who is Marji?
Reason: this describes an action in the moment, not the long-term effects of an event.
Marji upset her friend Laly when she...
What is Marji tells her friend Laly that her dad being "on a trip" actually means he is dead?
Marji looks up the famous female scientist ________.
Who is Marie Curie?
Marji's family takes in refugees from Abadan. When they go to the grocery store with the refugees...
Describe the appearance of a fundamentalist man in Iran.
What is wears shirt untucked with full, well-grown beard?
Is this the voice of the child Marji or the adult Marjane?
"We were not in the same social class, but at least we were in the same bed." (Satrapi, 41).
Who is Marji?
Reason: This narration connects to her recent realization.
Marji and her family are deeply disturbed when Siamak and Mohsen...
What is vividly describe the torture they experienced at the hands of the Shah and his government?
After Anoosh dies, Marji tells _____, who is trying to comfort her, to "GET OUT!"
What is God?
While listening to the radio togehter, Marji and her dad celebrate when Iran...
bombs Baghdad/Iraq.
Name the major democratic-socialist leader who nationalized Iranian oil and was overthrown by the Shah.
Who is Mosaddegh?
Is this the voice of the child Marji or the adult Marjane?
"My father was not a hero, my mother wanted to kill people... so I went out to play in the street" (Satrapi, 56).
Who is Marji?
When Anoosh tried to leave the USSR and travel back to Iran, he...
What is wore a disguise to avoid detection? What is was caught by the police and served nine years in prison? (Both answers work)
Describe the appearance of a "progressive" man in Iran.
What is he tucks in his shirt and wears a neatly shaved mustache instead of beard?
Marji's classmate Pardisse shares a letter she wrote to her father who died in the war. Marji tries to comfort her by saying he is a hero. Pardisse responds saying...
Name the leader of the fundamentalists who implemented Sharia law and overthrew the Shah.
Who is the Ayatollah?
Is this the voice of the child Marji or the adult Marjane?
"And so I was lost, without any bearings. What could be worse then that?" (Satrapi, 75).
Who is Marjane?
Reason: She is reflecting on the past after processing the loss of Anoosh and its impact on her.