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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 32 to 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year did Reza Khan stage an overthrow of the government?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1921.

2. At the opening of the book, what activity are the four staff members in the lobby participating in?
(a) Murdering a young man.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Cooking.

3. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?
(a) Water.
(b) Firearms.
(c) Oil.
(d) Fine clothes.

4. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?
(a) To embrace foreign influence.
(b) To murder Shiite muslims.
(c) To reject the currency of the Shah.
(d) To reject foreign influence.

5. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?
(a) Murder.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Madness.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kapuscinski, why do countries like Iran come to reject internationalism?

2. Reza Khan was exiled to which city?

3. What is Khomeini's title?

4. How did Iran's infrastructure change under Reza Khan's rule?

5. How can Khomeini's living conditions be described?

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