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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 does Shah Pahlavi call his nationwide effort to modernize Iran?
(a) The Rapid Recovery.
(b) The Unlimited Future.
(c) The Great Civilization.
(d) Allah's Gift.

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

3. What do the petro-bourgeoisie do to inflame the anger of poor Iranians?
(a) They build many statues of the Shah.
(b) They employ the poor, but then refuse to pay them for work done.
(c) They build mansions next to shantytowns.
(d) They enslave the poor's daughters to use for sex.

4. Who did Shiite Muslims wish to succeed the Prophet Mohammed after he died?
(a) Agha Khan.
(b) Al-Tirmidhi.
(c) Al-Dinawari.
(d) Ali.

5. In Photograph 1, one of the men in the photograph murdered which well-known figure?
(a) Doctor Mossadegh.
(b) Soraya Esfandiari.
(c) Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
(d) Shah Nasr-ed-Din.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word for the religious, social, and market-oriented gathering place for Iranians?

2. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?

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

4. Who supplies Shah Pahlavi's army with a great deal of weapons during the Great Civilization?

5. What political party is Mahmud Azari forced to join?

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