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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 was Ali's fate?
(a) He died of natural causes.
(b) He was imprisoned for life.
(c) Assassination.
(d) He fell off a horse in battle and died.

2. What is the point of Photograph 12's political cartoon, in which confused people are holding parts of cars?
(a) Iran is a fragmented place.
(b) Iranians are left with empty promises by the Shah.
(c) Cars, as fueled by oil, are the source of the nation's problems.
(d) The Shah has made it difficult to travel by car.

3. A newspaper article provides what reason for its assertion that Khomeini is a madman?
(a) Khomeini is a supporter of the Great Civilization.
(b) Khomeini is an enemy of the poor.
(c) Khomeini is an enemy of the status quo.
(d) Khomeini has been known to talk to an invisible person.

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

5. How does authority cause revolution, according to Kapuscinski?
(a) By its own sense of history.
(b) By its own sense of pride.
(c) By its own sense of destiny.
(d) By its own sense of invincibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the traditional history book causes of revolution, according to Kapuscinski?

2. Shiites know members of Ali's family line by what name?

3. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?

4. What ethnicity was Khomeini's grandfather?

5. During Doctor Mossadegh's reign, where did Shah Pahlavi flee?

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