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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 61 to 78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Shah Pahlavi fund his Great Civilization?
(a) Funding from Western powers.
(b) Extreme taxation.
(c) His personal real estate fortune.
(d) Iran's oil wealth.

2. How did Iran's infrastructure change under Reza Khan's rule?
(a) Infrastructure was intentional destroyed in a bid for power.
(b) Infrastructure was funded, but corruption prevented any actual improvements.
(c) Infrastructure continued to be neglected.
(d) Infrastructure improved significantly.

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

4. Reza Khan was an officer in which military organization?
(a) Shah's Personal Bodyguards.
(b) Persian Cossack Brigade.
(c) Allied Forces of World War II.
(d) Savak Secret Police.

5. According to Kapuscinski, what united the Iranian and Shiite peoples?
(a) Love of wealth.
(b) Disdain for Ali.
(c) History of oppression.
(d) History of democratic equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khomeini's title?

2. What is the Savak concept of guilt and innocence?

3. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?

4. What does the name Mahdi mean?

5. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?

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