Persepolis - Chapters 2-6

'The Bicycle' is symbolic of 

• violence
• fun
• revolution
• punishment

'2500 years of tyranny and submission' as my father said. Who is first on the list of oppressors

• Modern imperialists
• Mongols
• Arabs
• Ancient Persia's emperors

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CCSS.RL.2.6

In 'The Bicycle', Satrapi reads a comic titled

• Archie
• Superman
• Dialectic Materialism
• Marx and Engels

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CCSS.RL.K.5

Satrapi mentions the Rex cinema in 'The Bicycle', because:

• She goes to see a movie 
• It has been shut down
• It has been burnt down 
• It has been demolished

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CCSS.RL.1.10

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Who burnt down the Rex Cinema?

• The Shah and the Islamists
• The Shah, according to the Islamists
• The Islamists, according to the Shah
• The Iraqis

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What is NOT true of Satrapi in 'The Bicycle'

• She likes reading
• She likes playing 'revolution' 
• She likes bicycling
• She is politically aware

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

'That night He(God) didn't come' -'The Bicycle' can be interpreted as:

• God has deserted her
• She no longer wants to be a prophet
• God has deserted Iran
• She is angry with God

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In 'The Water Cell', Satrapi tell her father that the first page of the schoolbook says

• God is great !
• Long live Persepolis
• God chose the King
• Reza Khan overthrew the King

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According to Satrapi in 'The Water Cell', Reza came to power because of:

• The Iranians
• The Americans
• The Russians
• The British

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What do the British tell Reza Khan in 'The Water Cell'

• You let us rule Iran, we'll give you money
• You give us the gold, we'll give you Iran
• You give us the oil, we'll take care of the rest
• You give us Iran, we'll give you oil

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