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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event happened to Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1949?
(a) The birth of his first daughter.
(b) The acquisition of Afghanistan.
(c) An assassination attempt.
(d) Marriage.

2. What country is Kapuscinski in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Qatar.
(c) Poland.
(d) Iran.

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

4. What was Ali's fate?
(a) He was imprisoned for life.
(b) Assassination.
(c) He fell off a horse in battle and died.
(d) He died of natural causes.

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

6. Consuming alcohol is punishable in post-revolution Iran with what punishment?
(a) Whipping.
(b) Public heckling.
(c) Hanging.
(d) There is no law against alcohol.

7. Who does Shah Pahlavi deliver his December 23, 1973 speech to?
(a) A gathering of Sunni Muslim leaders.
(b) Journalists.
(c) U.S. diplomats.
(d) The city of Qom.

8. Which religion is the state religion of Iran?
(a) Shiism.
(b) Sunni Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Hinduism.

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

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

11. Reza Khan was exiled to which city?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Memphis.
(c) London.
(d) Johannesburg.

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

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

14. Photograph #1, the oldest photo Kapuscinski has, dates from around what year?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1936.

15. Which historical figure is second only to the Prophet Mohammed in the eyes of Shiite Muslims?
(a) Al-Dinawari.
(b) Ali.
(c) Al-Tirmidhi.
(d) Agha Khan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What emotion does the Savak use to control the population?

3. What beverage is Kapuscinski sipping at the beginning of the book?

4. What aspect of Iran is ignored by world media during Shah Pahlavi's modernization efforts?

5. According to Kapuscinski, what united the Iranian and Shiite peoples?

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