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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 116 to 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where must Mahmud Azari report to shortly upon his return to Iran?
(a) The Shah's palace.
(b) Khomeini's mosque.
(c) A Savak office.
(d) The Teheran nuclear power plant.

3. What brand of airplane is depicted in Photograph 11?
(a) Air Alaska.
(b) Lufthansa.
(c) Delta.
(d) Air Egypt.

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

5. What is Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's age when he becomes Shah?
(a) 22.
(b) 5.
(c) 34.
(d) 52.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the opening of the book, what activity are the four staff members in the lobby participating in?

2. After massacres, the dead are commemorated in a service after how many days?

3. In Photograph 7, why is the old man taken away from the bus stop?

4. How many agents of Savak were there?

5. What is the home town of Khomeini?

(see the answer key)

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