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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. What action by the Shah compels Khomeini to begin speaking out against him?
(a) The Shah extends diplomatic immunity to all U.S. military personnel.
(b) The Shah expands the Savak police force by a factor of ten.
(c) The Shah enjoys an extravagant vacation in Rome.
(d) The Shah orders a massacre at Qom.

2. What "psychological aspect" of revolution does Kapuscinski stress?
(a) Revolution occurs via the principle of reverse psychology.
(b) Kapuscinski uses the analogy of a volcano to talk about the anger of the people.
(c) The people must become extremely fearful of the police state in order to revolt.
(d) For revolution to occur, the people must lose their fear.

3. Which city did Shah Agha Mohammed Khan famously order a massacre for?
(a) Kerman.
(b) Qom.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Teheran.

4. What is the definition of "revolution by siege"?
(a) Revolution by siege involves the destruction of buildings.
(b) Revolution by siege starts small and only builds gradually.
(c) Revolution by siege seeks immediate violent remedy.
(d) Revolution by siege involves starving oneself in protest.

5. In what year did Doctor Mossadegh die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Doctor Mossadegh's political philosophy best be described?

2. According to Kapuscinski, what united the Iranian and Shiite peoples?

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

4. What is the point of Photograph 12's political cartoon, in which confused people are holding parts of cars?

5. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?

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