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1. At the beginning of the movie version of Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" the female protagonist, Marji, is in an airport in France, remembering the events of her childhood and young adult years. How do these opening frames differ from scenes that take place in the past?
2. In "Persepolis" the autobiographical main character experiences major changes in her schooling and in societal expectations of how she should dress and behave. What political event, shown in the movie, took place in her home country during Marjane Satrapi's childhood in 1979 to directly cause these changes at her school?
3. In the movie "Persepolis" Chiara Mastroianni, daughter of Italian film star Marcello Mastroianni, provided the voice of Marjane Satrapi as a teenager and an adult in both the French and English versions. Ironically, Chiara's own mother gave voice to Marji's mother in both the French and the English sound tracks. What well-known French actress and former model played Marji's mother?
4. In the movie "Persepolis" the main character, Marjane Satrapi, lives comfortably as part of a privileged, well-educated family with Communist political leanings, who are descended from Persian royalty.
5. In the movie "Persepolis" which of the following is NOT one of the rules Marji will establish when she becomes the "last prophet in the galaxy"?
6. In Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" Uncle Anoush is an important character in young Marji's life. He spends nine years in prison under the Shah for being a communist, then is rearrested and executed by the new government, after being free only a brief time. What object does Anoush give to Marji when in prison, to symbolize their relationship?
7. In the movie "Persepolis" Marjane Satrapi is sent from Iran to Austria to attend a French language school. Once she gets to Europe, her life is very happy and carefree.
8. Back in Iran, Marjane Satrapi struggles with depression and doesn't feel she fits in anywhere. After taking too many pills, she floats in the sky. What two figures - important throughout "Persepolis" - tell her it isn't yet her time and that she should "Go and do what you have to do" and that "The struggle continues, right?"?
9. While waiting for her visa to be approved to go to France after her failed attempts to make a life in Iran, Marjane Satrapi, in the film version of "Persepolis", goes on vacation to the shores of the largest inland body of water on earth. What is this large lake partly in Iran that has often been considered a sea?
10. Near the end of Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" the adult Marji is leaving Iran for a new life in France. She tells the audience that she never saw her grandmother again. In the English version, what philosophical words follow this statement?
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