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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. To start the revolution, people in Qom commit what crime?
(a) They congregate in large groups.
(b) They deface images of the Shah.
(c) They read out loud.
(d) They steal bread to feed their starving families.

2. How does Shah Pahlavi pander to religious elements in Iran prior to retaking the throne from Mossadegh?
(a) He makes a pilgrimage to Mecca.
(b) He visits the tomb of Ali.
(c) He sacrifices a goat.
(d) He reads the entire Quran cover to cover.

3. According to Kapuscinski, what united the Iranian and Shiite peoples?
(a) Disdain for Ali.
(b) Love of wealth.
(c) History of democratic equality.
(d) History of oppression.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?

2. What was Ali's fate?

3. Which does NOT apply to the Iranian stereotype of masculinity?

4. What do the petro-bourgeoisie do to inflame the anger of poor Iranians?

5. How did Shah Pahlavi fund his Great Civilization?

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