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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 116 to 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does world media respond to Shah Pahlavi's attempts to modernize Iran?
(a) Pahlavi is reviled by Western media.
(b) Pahlavi's plans are largely secret, and do not get a significant amount of media attention.
(c) Pahlavi is treated as a media darling.
(d) Pahlavi is loved by American media, but hated by British media.

2. What aspect of Iran is ignored by world media during Shah Pahlavi's modernization efforts?
(a) The buildup of nuclear power.
(b) Poverty and oppression.
(c) The fabulous amount of wealth pouring into and out of the country.
(d) The increase in the price of oil.

3. About how far away is Qom from Tehran?
(a) 1000 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 4000 miles.

4. What relationship was Ali to the Prophet Mohammed?
(a) Son.
(b) He was a good friend.
(c) Father.
(d) Son-in-law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has international tourism changed since the coming of Khomeini?

2. What "psychological aspect" of revolution does Kapuscinski stress?

3. What is Khomeini's title?

4. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?

5. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?

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