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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shah Pahlavi pander to religious elements in Iran prior to retaking the throne from Mossadegh?
(a) He reads the entire Quran cover to cover.
(b) He makes a pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) He sacrifices a goat.
(d) He visits the tomb of Ali.

2. At the beginning of the book, where is the author located?
(a) A prison.
(b) A television station.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A bazaar.

3. What relationship was Ali to the Prophet Mohammed?
(a) Son.
(b) Son-in-law.
(c) He was a good friend.
(d) Father.

4. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?
(a) Reza Khan.
(b) Doctor Mossadegh.
(c) Soraya Esfandiari.
(d) His own name.

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

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

7. Which is NOT one of the goals the Shah has for modernization?
(a) Iran living standards will be equal to those in Europe.
(b) Poverty in Iran will be eradicated.
(c) Iran will become a world power.
(d) His military will greatly grow in strength and standing.

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

9. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?
(a) Firearms.
(b) Water.
(c) Fine clothes.
(d) Oil.

10. How many informants for Savak were there?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Three million.
(c) Thirty thousand.
(d) Three hundred.

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

12. Agha Mohammed Khan, during a massacre, ordered what fate for the children of the town?
(a) Their legs were severed.
(b) They were beheaded.
(c) They were blinded.
(d) They were left unharmed.

13. What language is spoken by the majority of Iranians?
(a) Farsi.
(b) English.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Hebrew.

14. In Photograph 7, why is the old man taken away from the bus stop?
(a) He was yelling at a man who happened to be a member of the Savak.
(b) He was distributing anti-Shah pamphlets.
(c) He allowed his daughter to walk the street without a veil.
(d) He mentioned the word "oppressive."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?

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

3. What was Ali's fate?

4. Where do members of the Shah's retinue travel to on a regular basis to have lunch?

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

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