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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of Photograph 12's political cartoon, in which confused people are holding parts of cars?
(a) Iran is a fragmented place.
(b) Iranians are left with empty promises by the Shah.
(c) The Shah has made it difficult to travel by car.
(d) Cars, as fueled by oil, are the source of the nation's problems.

2. What are name for Shiite religious leaders?
(a) Ayatollahs.
(b) Holy Clerics.
(c) Caliphs.
(d) Tsars.

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

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

5. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?
(a) American Airlines.
(b) British Airways.
(c) Air France.
(d) Delta.

6. Why is there a dearth of manpower for the modernization initiatives of Shah Pahlavi?
(a) Students have fled the country's oppression.
(b) The Savak have arrested nearly half of the population.
(c) Many have died from a plague.
(d) International immigration has ceased.

7. Which city did Shah Agha Mohammed Khan famously order a massacre for?
(a) Teheran.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Qom.
(d) Kerman.

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

9. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?
(a) To reject the currency of the Shah.
(b) To murder Shiite muslims.
(c) To reject foreign influence.
(d) To embrace foreign influence.

10. According to Kapuscinski, what united the Iranian and Shiite peoples?
(a) Love of wealth.
(b) History of democratic equality.
(c) History of oppression.
(d) Disdain for Ali.

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

12. What is Kapuscinski's job?
(a) Translator.
(b) Diplomat.
(c) Painter.
(d) Journalist.

13. Reza Khan was an officer in which military organization?
(a) Persian Cossack Brigade.
(b) Savak Secret Police.
(c) Shah's Personal Bodyguards.
(d) Allied Forces of World War II.

14. In which year was Reza Khan declared Shah by the parliament?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1912.

15. Shiites know members of Ali's family line by what name?
(a) Tanzirs.
(b) Imams.
(c) Emirs.
(d) Caliphs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language is spoken by the majority of Iranians?

2. How has international tourism changed since the coming of Khomeini?

3. What is the nickname for the electrically heated table that the Savak use for torture?

4. Who aids Shah Pahlavi in his buildup of the military after he retakes his throne from Mossadegh?

5. How does Shah Pahlavi demonstrate his love for the military and weapons?

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