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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Iran's infrastructure change under Reza Khan's rule?
(a) Infrastructure improved significantly.
(b) Infrastructure was funded, but corruption prevented any actual improvements.
(c) Infrastructure was intentional destroyed in a bid for power.
(d) Infrastructure continued to be neglected.

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

3. What aspect of Iran is ignored by world media during Shah Pahlavi's modernization efforts?
(a) The fabulous amount of wealth pouring into and out of the country.
(b) The buildup of nuclear power.
(c) Poverty and oppression.
(d) The increase in the price of oil.

4. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?
(a) Nasr-ed-Din.
(b) Vsevolod Lyakhov.
(c) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
(d) Ayatollah Khomeini.

5. Who did Shiite Muslims wish to succeed the Prophet Mohammed after he died?
(a) Agha Khan.
(b) Ali.
(c) Al-Dinawari.
(d) Al-Tirmidhi.

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

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

8. How has international tourism changed since the coming of Khomeini?
(a) International tourism stopped entirely.
(b) International tourism increased somewhat.
(c) International tourism increased significantly.
(d) International tourism slowed to a trickle.

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

10. What is the home town of Khomeini?
(a) London.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Qom.
(d) Tehran.

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

12. In Photograph 1, one of the men in the photograph murdered which well-known figure?
(a) Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
(b) Shah Nasr-ed-Din.
(c) Soraya Esfandiari.
(d) Doctor Mossadegh.

13. How did Shah Pahlavi fund his Great Civilization?
(a) His personal real estate fortune.
(b) Funding from Western powers.
(c) Iran's oil wealth.
(d) Extreme taxation.

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

15. In what year did Doctor Mossadegh die?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Reza Khan declared Shah by the parliament?

2. Why is there a dearth of manpower for the modernization initiatives of Shah Pahlavi?

3. Who is NOT pictured in the famous picture of world leaders from the Tehran Conference?

4. Which is NOT one of the torture methods mentioned to be in use by the Savak?

5. Which class of people are not the targets of the Savak?

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