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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 city did Shah Agha Mohammed Khan famously order a massacre for?
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Kerman.
(c) Qom.
(d) Teheran.

2. What conflicting characteristics does Kapuscinski perceive in Khomeini when he sees him on television?
(a) Lively eyes, but a curious lack of arm movement.
(b) Dead eyes, but a smiling expression.
(c) Lively eyes, but a lack of expression.
(d) Dead eyes, but grand, sweeping arm gestures.

3. Agha Mohammed Khan, during a massacre, ordered what fate for the children of the town?
(a) They were beheaded.
(b) Their legs were severed.
(c) They were left unharmed.
(d) They were blinded.

4. What is Kapuscinski's job?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Painter.
(c) Translator.
(d) Diplomat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?

2. About how far away is Qom from Tehran?

3. In Photograph 1, one of the men in the photograph murdered which well-known figure?

4. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?

5. Which class of people are not the targets of the Savak?

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