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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. Where does the Shah hold a parade in support of himself amid the violence of the revolution?
(a) Teheran.
(b) Qom.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Isfahan.

2. After Azari's beating, what powerful emotion grips him?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

3. Doctor Mossadegh importantly nationalized which industry in Iran?
(a) Trains and railways.
(b) Oil.
(c) Textile.
(d) Military.

4. How does authority cause revolution, according to Kapuscinski?
(a) By its own sense of history.
(b) By its own sense of destiny.
(c) By its own sense of invincibility.
(d) By its own sense of pride.

5. What does the name Mahdi mean?
(a) The persecuted minority.
(b) The bearer of the good news.
(c) He who does not tire or thirst.
(d) The one led by God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Khomeini's stance regarding internationalism and foreign influence?

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

3. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?

4. Azari talks to a publisher who is proud of being able to publish a poem with what word in it?

5. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the audience?

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