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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 32 to 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of the book, what activity are the four staff members in the lobby participating in?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Murdering a young man.
(c) Singing.
(d) Cooking.

2. Kapuscinski notes that Khomeini is successful because of his persistent emphasis of what single message?
(a) America is evil.
(b) The Shah must go.
(c) Wealth should be redistributed.
(d) The U.S. embassy should be shut down.

3. How did Shah Pahlavi fund his Great Civilization?
(a) His personal real estate fortune.
(b) Iran's oil wealth.
(c) Funding from Western powers.
(d) Extreme taxation.

4. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?
(a) To reject the currency of the Shah.
(b) To embrace foreign influence.
(c) To murder Shiite muslims.
(d) To reject foreign influence.

5. In which year did Reza Khan stage an overthrow of the government?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Iran?

2. What is the home town of Khomeini?

3. What language is spoken by the majority of Iranians?

4. Which is NOT one of the items Kapuscinski has on his desk at the opening of the book?

5. Consuming alcohol is punishable in post-revolution Iran with what punishment?

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