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Reading Comprehension Quiz (Marjane Satrapi, “The Veil”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Marjane Satrapi, “The Veil”

Read “The Veil” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question 13.63 In panel 2, Satrapi writes the names of each girl that appears in the “photograph.” What does the drawing convey that mere words can’t?

1. In panel 2, Satrapi writes the names of each girl that appears in the “photograph.” What does the drawing convey that mere words can’t?

the intricate details of life

the sameness of the girls once they donned the veil

the innocence and curiosity of the kids seated for the photo

the sadness of life during this time

Question 13.64 In panel 5, Satrapi writes in the caption “We didn’t like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to.” What can be inferred from this line?

2. In panel 5, Satrapi writes in the caption: “We didn’t like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to.” What can be inferred from this line?

Eventually, the girls did like to wear the veil, once they understood the reasons.

The girls didn’t respond well to authority in their schools.

The veils were made worse because the girls didn’t understand their importance to the people in power.

All of the above.

Question 13.65 Why does Satrapi put the words “cultural revolution” in quotation marks in panel 11?

3. Why does Satrapi put the words “cultural revolution” in quotation marks in panel 11?

because it is ironic that they were shutting down a bilingual school that was teaching the children about the cultures of different countries alongside their own

because this is not an exact translation and it must later be explained

The term is an allusion to the “Islamic Revolution” that had been fought in 1979.

All of the above.

Question 13.66 In panel 13, Satrapi depicts people demonstrating for and against the use of the veil in Iran. What can be seen in this panel?

4. In panel 13, Satrapi depicts people demonstrating for and against the use of the veil in Iran. What can be seen in this panel?

All of the demonstrators were men.

The demonstrations were violent.

The women are all in grey, symbolically representing the murkiness of the issue for both sides.

None of the above.

Question 13.67 In panel 19, the panel is visually split in half. What can be discerned from the image?

5. In panel 19, the panel is visually split in half. What can be discerned from the image?

She is torn between the symbols indicative of her faith on the veiled side and the symbols of learning on the unveiled side.

The symbols of learning are more restricted if she follows the strict teaching of Islam as a woman.

It serves as a transition to her discussion of her personal feelings regarding her faith.

All of the above.

Question 13.68 What can be inferred by the fact that Satrapi’s mother had to dye her hair and wear dark glasses after she was photographed demonstrating against the use of the veil?

6. What can be inferred by the fact that Satrapi’s mother had to dye her hair and wear dark glasses after she was photographed demonstrating against the use of the veil?

She was not proud of her actions and did not wish to be recognized.

Her life was in danger because she had demonstrated against the current authority.

She was a proud Iranian woman exercising her right to do as she pleased.

Her family liked her hair blonde and she needed the change.

Question 13.69 How does Satrapi ultimately feel about the veil?

7. How does Satrapi ultimately feel about the veil?

She was happy to wear it as a symbol of her religious devotion.

She hated wearing the veil because it stood for an oppressive regime.

She was torn because she was religious but she was also an avant-garde thinker.

None of the above.

Question 13.70 Satrapi indicates that at the age of six, she was convinced she was a prophet and was allowed to believe this by her family, even though the teacher at her school was concerned. Based on the pictures and the Islamic faith, why was it odd that she thought she could be a prophet?

8. Satrapi indicates that at the age of six, she was convinced she was a prophet and was allowed to believe this by her family, even though the teacher at her school was concerned. Based on the pictures and the Islamic faith, why was it odd that she thought she could be a prophet?

All of the prophets in Islam are men.

To be a prophet, one must be much older.

To be a prophet, as depicted in the pictures, one had to be able to communicate directly with God.

She could not be a prophet because she could not change the world, even to relieve the pain of her grandmother’s knees.