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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 101 to 115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agha Mohammed Khan, during a massacre, ordered what fate for the children of the town?
(a) Their legs were severed.
(b) They were blinded.
(c) They were left unharmed.
(d) They were beheaded.

2. A newspaper article provides what reason for its assertion that Khomeini is a madman?
(a) Khomeini is a supporter of the Great Civilization.
(b) Khomeini is an enemy of the poor.
(c) Khomeini has been known to talk to an invisible person.
(d) Khomeini is an enemy of the status quo.

3. How can Doctor Mossadegh's political philosophy best be described?
(a) Fascist.
(b) Anarcho-Capitalist.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Liberal.

4. What event starts the Iranian revolution?
(a) Children in the city of Kerman are blinded by the military.
(b) The Iranian Writers' Association holds a mass protest.
(c) Students are arrested in a raid.
(d) An unflattering article about Khomeini is printed in a newspaper.

5. Who do the Sunnis elect to succeed the Prophet Mohammed?
(a) The caliphs.
(b) Ali.
(c) A committee of commoners.
(d) The emirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. To start the revolution, people in Qom commit what crime?

2. What is the Shah's response to increasing revolution violence?

3. Shiites know members of Ali's family line by what name?

4. Why does Kapuscinski believe revolutions often preach a return to tradition?

5. Kapuscinski notes that Khomeini is successful because of his persistent emphasis of what single message?

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