History of Iran
Graphic Novels
Plot Points
Iran Today
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100
This person ruled Iran up until the Revolution
The Shah
100

The text at the top or bottom of a panel is called what?

Caption or Narration

100

This person gives Marji a swan he carved in prison.

Uncle Anoosh

100
Iran's legal system is founded on what holy book?
The Quran (Koran)
100
Who lives with Marji, her mother, and father?
Her grandmother
200
With which country does Iran go to war after the Revolution?
Iraq
200
The text that communicates a character's thoughts or actual dialogue is called what?
Speech/thought bubble/balloon
200
Marji's parents send her here at the end of the book.
Vienna
200
In Iran, women are required to wear what?
Veils/headcoverings/hijabs
200

When she is six, what does Marji want to be when she grows up?

A prophet

300
The Iranian Revolution began in what year?
1979
300

Persepolis is considered what genre of text?

Graphic memoir

300
Marji gets in trouble for wearing buttons featuring this famous pop star.
Michael Jackson
300
Islamic Law is called what?
Sharia Law
300
What kind of car does Marji's father drive?
A Cadillac
400
In ancient times, modern-day Iran was called what?
Persia
400

What is the term for a single "box" in which action occurs in a graphic novel?

panel

400

To convince boys to join the army, religious fundamentalists hand them what?

The Key to Paradise

400
Iranian people speak what language?
Farsi (Persian)
400
What building burns down at the beginning of Persepolis?
The Rex Cinema
500
What sparked the Iranian Revolution?
Economic dissatisfaction
500

The space between panels is called what?

Gutter

500
Why does Marji stop believing in God?
Because of the death of her uncle.
500
Which Muslim faction thinks of itself as the "party of the oppressed?"
Shia Muslims
500

Why is Marji's uncle Anoosh executed?

For being a political dissident/suspected Russian spy

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