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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 131 to 152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brand of airplane is depicted in Photograph 11?
(a) Lufthansa.
(b) Air Alaska.
(c) Air Egypt.
(d) Delta.

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

3. Why are the city streets of Tehran unsafe at night post-revolution?
(a) The Shah's army enforced a strict curfew.
(b) A toxic sludge from a chemical plant.
(c) Roaming militiamen.
(d) Starving, violent coyotes.

4. At the opening of the book, what activity are the four staff members in the lobby participating in?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Murdering a young man.
(c) Singing.
(d) Cooking.

5. What kind of culture did Reza Khan urge his citizens to adopt?
(a) Traditional Sunni ways.
(b) Indian Hindu culture.
(c) European modern culture.
(d) Traditional Shiite ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are name for Shiite religious leaders?

2. The destroyer of monuments wrecks what kind of statues?

3. Who does Shah Pahlavi deliver his December 23, 1973 speech to?

4. What kind of accountability is in place in regard to the Savak?

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

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