PERSEPOLIS (2007)

By Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

1. What will Marjane do when she becomes a prophet, according to her fifth
commandment?

2. Why is Marjane’s father so happy?

3. Who was Marjane’s grandfather? Why was he in jail?

4. Who is uncle Anoush?

5. Why does uncle Anoush tell Marjane about his past?

6. What happens in Iran after the Shah leaves the country?

7. What happens to uncle Anoush?

8. What happens to Marjane’s mother after they leave the supermarket?

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9. What happens when Marjane goes to buy a cassette from a smuggler?

10. What is Mrs Nassrine concerned about?

11. What happens when the religious police stop Marjane’s father’s car?

12. When Marjane’s teacher says to the class that there are no political prisoners under the
new regime, Marjane tells her teacher a piece of her mind. As a result, the school
principal phones her father and her mother gets very nervous because she is scared of
the way virgin women are tortured. How do the Guardians of the Revolution torture
them?

13. After that ‘incident’ at school, what do Marjane’s parents decide to do?

14. What is Marjane’s favourite activity after she arrives in Vienna?

15. What does Marjane decide to do then?

16. Why do the nuns expel Marjane from the boarding house?

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17. What happens to Marjane afterwards?

18. Why does her relationship with Fernando not work?

19. Why does her relationship with Markus not work?

20. What is the problem with her landlady?

21. What happens to her afterwards?

22. What does the therapist say to Marjane about her state of low mood, sadness and
apathy?

23. What does Marjane dare to do while driving?

24. What does Marjane say to the religious police when they stop her in the street?

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25. What does Marjane say to the religious police about the clothes at the university
assembly hall?

26. What happens when the religious police see Marjane and her boyfriend in the car?

27. What do they decide to do afterwards?

28. What happens a year later?