Persepolis Review

Who first started modernizing Iran?

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Mohammad Reza Shah

• Reza Shah

• Mohammad Mossadeq

In "The Veil", Marji feels a conflict of identity between

• Her nationalism to Iran and reign of Reza Shah.

• Her religious faith and modern upbringing.

• Her friends and her family.

• Her relationship to God and the death of Uncle Anoosh.

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Said “You don't want to be a prophet anymore?”

• Grandma

• Marji's Mother

• God

• Marji's Father

According to the Shah, who set the Cinema Rex Fire?

• Religious Fanatics

• The Savak

• Mohammad Mossadeq

• Americans

Who said, “To survive I took in sewing and with the leftover material, I made clothes for the whole family.”

• Uncle Taher's Wife

• Pardisse

• Grandma

• Marji's Mother

Why does Mehri enlist Marji's help to write love letters?

• Mehri has terrible handwriting.

• Marji feels guilty about not eating together.

• Mehri can't read.

• Marji is a suave and refined.

Who said “In a country where half the population is illiterate you cannot unite the people around Marx.”

• Uncle Anoosh

• Marji

• Marji's Father

• Niloufar

God never appears again

• after Marji's parents laugh about a dead man.

• after Marji's father explains the Shah.

• after Marji starts learning about Marx.

• after the death of Uncle Anoosh.

Why did Marji and her friends try to attack Ramin?

• They want to watch the world burn.

• They think his father killed a million people.

• They think he is an evil communist.

• They want to be like the Savak.

What was "The Key to Paradise"?

• A gold key to Ayatollah Khomeni's house.

• The answer key to a mandated religious exam.

• A plastic key to enter heaven after death.

• A secret code among pro-Western revolutionaries.