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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 78 to 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many agents of Savak were there?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 12.

2. Who is NOT pictured in the famous picture of world leaders from the Tehran Conference?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

3. What is Shah Pahlavi's "first love" according to Kapuscinski?
(a) The religion of Islam.
(b) The military.
(c) His wife.
(d) Domestic concerns.

4. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?
(a) The poet writes poems that always praise the Shah.
(b) The poet has given up poetry altogether due to censorship.
(c) The poet has become jailed for writing anti-Shah poems.
(d) The poet has become an important revolutionary voice.

5. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?
(a) He got a job transfer.
(b) He was persecuted by the Savak.
(c) His daughter died, and he needed a change of environment.
(d) He left for a university education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the goals the Shah has for modernization?

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

3. Who did Reza Khan root for in World War II?

4. Who aids Shah Pahlavi in his buildup of the military after he retakes his throne from Mossadegh?

5. Which religion is the state religion of Iran?

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