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

3. What does the name Mahdi mean?
(a) The persecuted minority.
(b) He who does not tire or thirst.
(c) The bearer of the good news.
(d) The one led by God.

4. How can Khomeini's living conditions be described?
(a) He lives in a grand, new palace.
(b) He lives in a modest apartment building.
(c) He lives in a dusty hovel.
(d) He occupies the former palace of the Shah.

5. What is the Savak concept of guilt and innocence?
(a) The Savak are careful to arrest only those guilty of speaking against the Shah.
(b) The Savak use the Western ideal of "innocent until proven guilty."
(c) The Savak arrest only innocent victims to create more fear.
(d) The Savak care little for guilt or innocence, and they arrest people arbitrarily.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Which country backed Shah Pahlavi when he wrested control away from Doctor Mossadegh?
(a) Britain.
(b) Japan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Egypt.

15. During World War II, Reza Khan forbid Allies' use of what, which resulted in his forcible removal as Shah?
(a) The Caspian Sea.
(b) Iran's submarine fleet.
(c) Locally-produced oil.
(d) The Trans-Iranian Railway.