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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. What aspect of modernization gives rise to the "petro-bourgeoisie"?
(a) Military spending.
(b) Nuclear energy.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Religious devotion.

2. What does the name Mahdi mean?
(a) He who does not tire or thirst.
(b) The persecuted minority.
(c) The bearer of the good news.
(d) The one led by God.

3. Which is NOT one of the torture methods mentioned to be in use by the Savak?
(a) Drilling into skulls.
(b) Extracting fingernails.
(c) Horning victims to death with a bull.
(d) Throwing a person into a bag full of hungry cats.

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

5. What are name for Shiite religious leaders?
(a) Ayatollahs.
(b) Caliphs.
(c) Tsars.
(d) Holy Clerics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?

2. Kapuscinski notes that Khomeini is successful because of his persistent emphasis of what single message?

3. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?

4. While back in Iran, Mahmud Azari is handed revolutionist literature written by whom?

5. Who do Shiites believe will restore the kingdom of God on Earth?

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