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

2. What happens to Doctor Mossadegh after he is deposed?
(a) He flees to the United States.
(b) He is imprisoned for the rest of his life.
(c) He is forced to live under house arrest.
(d) He is executed for treason.

3. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Madness.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Murder.

4. How long is Mahmud Azari away from his native Iran?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two years.

5. What is Shah Pahlavi's "first love" according to Kapuscinski?
(a) The military.
(b) His wife.
(c) The religion of Islam.
(d) Domestic concerns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Azari physically beaten?

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

3. What relationship was Ali to the Prophet Mohammed?

4. Why are the city streets of Tehran unsafe at night post-revolution?

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

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