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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 48 to 60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the goals the Shah has for modernization?
(a) His military will greatly grow in strength and standing.
(b) Iran will become a world power.
(c) Poverty in Iran will be eradicated.
(d) Iran living standards will be equal to those in Europe.

2. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?
(a) Soraya Esfandiari.
(b) His own name.
(c) Reza Khan.
(d) Doctor Mossadegh.

3. What emotion does the Savak use to control the population?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) False Happiness.

4. How does Shah Pahlavi demonstrate his love for the military and weapons?
(a) He insists on traveling everywhere in a tank.
(b) He invades Pakistan just to prove the strength of his arms.
(c) He holds a yearly marksmanship contest.
(d) He subscribes to many American gun magazines.

5. Why are many billions of dollars wasted during Pahlavi's modernization?
(a) A war in nearby Iraq disrupts the flow of wealth.
(b) Iran lacks the infrastructure to handle the great influx of goods.
(c) Western powers boycott the country entirely.
(d) Currency transfer rates are unfavorable to Iran.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What action by the Shah compels Khomeini to begin speaking out against him?

3. What is Khomeini's title?

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

5. What is Shah Pahlavi's "first love" according to Kapuscinski?

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