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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 91 to 100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which class of people are not the targets of the Savak?
(a) Academics.
(b) People at every level of society are targets of Savak.
(c) Artists.
(d) The poor.

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

3. What is Mahmud Azari's brother's part in the revolution?
(a) The brother stays out of the fight and is apolitical.
(b) The brother is a member of the Savak.
(c) The brother is a revolutionary who speaks against the Shah.
(d) The brother is solidly pro-Shah.

4. How can Khomeini's living conditions be described?
(a) He lives in a modest apartment building.
(b) He lives in a grand, new palace.
(c) He lives in a dusty hovel.
(d) He occupies the former palace of the Shah.

5. What is the Savak concept of guilt and innocence?
(a) The Savak use the Western ideal of "innocent until proven guilty."
(b) The Savak arrest only innocent victims to create more fear.
(c) The Savak are careful to arrest only those guilty of speaking against the Shah.
(d) The Savak care little for guilt or innocence, and they arrest people arbitrarily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname for the electrically heated table that the Savak use for torture?

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

3. What does Pahlavi do when confronted with a crisis of manpower during modernization?

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

5. What aspect of modernization gives rise to the "petro-bourgeoisie"?

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