Persepolis
The Displaced
The Kitchen Table Series
Authorial Choices
Global Issues
100

Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is a graphic novel that primarily takes place in this country.

What is Iran?

100

The Displaced is a series of essays edited by this author.

Who is Viet Thanh Nguyen?

100
Carrie Mae Weems' iconic series takes place in this room in the house.

What is the kitchen?

100

Name this authorial choice: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. 

What is diction?

100

Name a global issue that is prevalent in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis.

Potential answers:

Government oppression

Religious Oppression

Gender inequality

Social inequality

200
Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis, takes place primarily during this decade.

The 1980s. 

200

The Displaced was first published in this year.

What is 2018?

200

The Kitchen Table Series features this color scheme.

What is black and white?

200

Name this authorial choice: the arrangement of words, phrases, and sentences to create meaning

What is syntax?

200

Name the global issue that is most prevalent in The Displaced.

What is displacement?

300

This symbol appears frequently, signifying the suppression of women's individuality and freedom under the new regime.

What is "the veil"?

300

The editor of The Displaced was a refugee from this country.

What is Vietnam?

300

The number of light sources in the Kitchen Table Series.

What is one light source?

300

Name this authorial choice: how much attention a design element draws to itself in a layout, not its physical mass

What is graphic weight?

300

Carrie Mae Weems' specifies that The Kitchen Table Series doesn't apply only to black women but more broadly, this.

Who are women?

400

This militant student group forces Marji's family to hide their homemade alcohol and party supplies during a house raid.

Who are "the guardians of the revolution"?

400

The title of the essay "Last, First, Middle" refers to what in Joseph Azam's identity?

What is his name?
400

In The Kitchen Table Series, the seat at the head of the table best symbolizes this theme.

What is gender equality? (Answers may vary)

400

Name this authorial choice: when an object, person, situation, or action represents a deeper meaning beyond its literal one, often conveying abstract ideas, emotions, or concepts 

What is symbolism?

400

For something to be considered a global issue, it must meet these three criteria.

1. Significance on a wide or large scale

2. It is transnational 

3. Its impact is felt in everyday local contexts 

500

This European city is where Marji is sent to live with her mother's friend.

What is Vienna, Austria?

500

Name the essayist in The Displaced whose family eventually came to live in Minnesota.

Who is Kao Kalia Yang?

500

Carrie Mae Weems was born in 1953 in this west coast city.

What is Portland, Oregon?

500

Name this authorial choice: the act of placing two or more contrasting elements—such as ideas, characters, or images—side by side to highlight their differences and create meaning 

What is juxtaposition?

500

The global issues of homelessness, foster care, and single-parent families would most likely fall under this Inquiry Field category.

What is Culture, Identity, and Community?