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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who supplies Shah Pahlavi's army with a great deal of weapons during the Great Civilization?
(a) Egypt.
(b) America.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) India.

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

5. What is Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's age when he becomes Shah?
(a) 5.
(b) 34.
(c) 22.
(d) 52.

6. What action by the Shah compels Khomeini to begin speaking out against him?
(a) The Shah extends diplomatic immunity to all U.S. military personnel.
(b) The Shah enjoys an extravagant vacation in Rome.
(c) The Shah expands the Savak police force by a factor of ten.
(d) The Shah orders a massacre at Qom.

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

8. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?
(a) Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslims.
(b) American capitalist meddling.
(c) Iranian Shiism.
(d) Britain's decision to depose Shah Reza Khan.

9. Which is NOT one of the torture methods mentioned to be in use by the Savak?
(a) Extracting fingernails.
(b) Drilling into skulls.
(c) Throwing a person into a bag full of hungry cats.
(d) Horning victims to death with a bull.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Pahlavi do when confronted with a crisis of manpower during modernization?
(a) He imports foreigners to operate the technology of modernization.
(b) He outsources his jobs to nearby Saudi Arabia.
(c) He abandons his plans for modernization.
(d) He builds many schools and universities to educate the people.

15. What beverage is Kapuscinski sipping at the beginning of the book?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Soda pop.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which is NOT one of the items Kapuscinski has on his desk at the opening of the book?

4. Doctor Mossadegh importantly nationalized which industry in Iran?

5. In Photograph 7, why is the old man taken away from the bus stop?

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