View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 15 to 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Khomeini's title?
(a) Tsar.
(b) Ayatollah.
(c) Shah.
(d) Emir.

3. Doctor Mossadegh importantly nationalized which industry in Iran?
(a) Trains and railways.
(b) Oil.
(c) Military.
(d) Textile.

4. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?
(a) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
(b) Nasr-ed-Din.
(c) Vsevolod Lyakhov.
(d) Ayatollah Khomeini.

5. Consuming alcohol is punishable in post-revolution Iran with what punishment?
(a) Public heckling.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Whipping.
(d) There is no law against alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did Reza Khan stage an overthrow of the government?

2. Reza Khan was exiled to which city?

3. What is Kapuscinski's job?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 154 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample