Persepolis- CH:1-2 (The Veil & The Bicycle)

  In 1980 in Iran, the following things happened EXCEPT:

• Marji had a start wearing a veil to school.   
• Boys and girls went to separate schools.
• Bilingual schools shut down.
• Marji was no longer allowed to eat meat.   

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As a child, why did Marji want to be a prophet?

• She wanted power over others.
• She wanted to help people who were suffering from injustice.
• She didn’t believe in God.
• She wanted to convince others to move away from Iran.

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How did women in Iran react when they were forced to wear a veil?

• All women embraced the religious symbolism of the veil.

• Women were excited to participate in the new fashion trend.

• Women had mixed reactions depending on their point of view.

• All women hated the infringement on their freedom.

In 1980 what became obligatory for young girls to wear in school?

• the veil

• moccassins

• ivory necklace

• a cross

How old is Marjane when the book begins?

• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

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Marjane's mother was photographed protesting the veil.

• True

• False

Most of the people in Marji’s life find her desire to be a prophet amusing or crazy. Why?

• Because she is young.

• Because she is hallucinating conversations with

  God.

• Because she is a woman.

• Because she is a Muslin.

Religious Islamic women believe the veil represents ___________. Modern women like Marji’s mother believe the veil represents _____________

• good fashion; bad fashion

• modesty; restriction

• freedom; prison

• war; peace

What is one possible reason Marji told her parents

she wanted to be a doctor (instead of a prophet)?

• She thought they were the same thing

• God told her to lie

• Her parents forbid it

• Her parents were more modern than religious

The following quote, "My faith was not unshakeable.” foreshadows what event in Chapter 2 (The Bicycle)?

• That her parents became scared.

• That the movie theater wasburneddown

• That she would read books about revolutionaries.

• That God would disappear.