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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. Who did Reza Khan root for in World War II?
(a) Roosevelt and the Americans.
(b) Hitler and Germany.
(c) Churchill and Great Britain.
(d) Mussolini and the Italians.

2. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?
(a) Nasr-ed-Din.
(b) Vsevolod Lyakhov.
(c) Ayatollah Khomeini.
(d) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

3. What does Pahlavi do when confronted with a crisis of manpower during modernization?
(a) He imports foreigners to operate the technology of modernization.
(b) He abandons his plans for modernization.
(c) He outsources his jobs to nearby Saudi Arabia.
(d) He builds many schools and universities to educate the people.

4. Who does Shah Pahlavi deliver his December 23, 1973 speech to?
(a) The city of Qom.
(b) U.S. diplomats.
(c) A gathering of Sunni Muslim leaders.
(d) Journalists.

5. Why are the city streets of Tehran unsafe at night post-revolution?
(a) The Shah's army enforced a strict curfew.
(b) A toxic sludge from a chemical plant.
(c) Roaming militiamen.
(d) Starving, violent coyotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event happened to Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1949?

2. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?

3. How can Doctor Mossadegh's political philosophy best be described?

4. What emotion does the Savak use to control the population?

5. How has international tourism changed since the coming of Khomeini?

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