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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 101 to 115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mahmud Azari NOT visit during his return to Iran?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A destroyer of monuments to the Shah.
(c) A botany professor.
(d) His brother.

2. What are the two kinds of revolutions?
(a) Revolution by word, and revolution by deed.
(b) Revolution by siege, and revolution by assault.
(c) Revolution by military, and revolution by civilians.
(d) Revolution by violence, and revolution by peace.

3. What political party is Mahmud Azari forced to join?
(a) The Shah's official political party.
(b) The conservative party.
(c) The progressive party.
(d) The pro-revolutionary party.

4. Kapuscinski notes that Khomeini is successful because of his persistent emphasis of what single message?
(a) The U.S. embassy should be shut down.
(b) Wealth should be redistributed.
(c) America is evil.
(d) The Shah must go.

5. In Photograph 7, why is the old man taken away from the bus stop?
(a) He allowed his daughter to walk the street without a veil.
(b) He mentioned the word "oppressive."
(c) He was yelling at a man who happened to be a member of the Savak.
(d) He was distributing anti-Shah pamphlets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important announcement does Shah Pahlavi make on December 23, 1973?

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

3. What kind of hallucination does Azari suffer after his beating?

4. What action does America force the Shah to make, making the Shah appear weak?

5. What beverage is Kapuscinski sipping at the beginning of the book?

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