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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 kind of accountability is in place in regard to the Savak?
(a) They are elected every four years.
(b) They report only to the Shah.
(c) They must hold public trials.
(d) They are overseen by the parliament.

2. How does world media respond to Shah Pahlavi's attempts to modernize Iran?
(a) Pahlavi is loved by American media, but hated by British media.
(b) Pahlavi is treated as a media darling.
(c) Pahlavi is reviled by Western media.
(d) Pahlavi's plans are largely secret, and do not get a significant amount of media attention.

3. After massacres, the dead are commemorated in a service after how many days?
(a) Ninety days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Forty days.
(d) One hundred days.

4. Which animal causes an anti-police riot in an Iranian town?
(a) Wild horse.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Camel.
(d) Asp.

5. Who is NOT pictured in the famous picture of world leaders from the Tehran Conference?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?

2. How many people were killed in the Qom riot?

3. Why are revolutions rare, according to Kapuscinski?

4. What event, full of propaganda and feasts, does Mahmud Azari attend?

5. By the late 1970s, what is the population of Teheran?

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