3. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?
(a) The poet writes poems that always praise the Shah.
(b) The poet has given up poetry altogether due to censorship.
(c) The poet has become an important revolutionary voice.
(d) The poet has become jailed for writing anti-Shah poems.

4. Why do many wear white to protests during the revolution?
(a) To show they wish to be reborn as a nation.
(b) To commemorate the dead.
(c) To show they are pure of spirit and free of sin.
(d) To show they are unafraid of death.

5. In the extended metaphor of the play, how is revolt (or revolution) demonstrated?
(a) The Shah closing the theater.
(b) Actors forgetting their lines.
(c) The audience booing loudly.
(d) Stagehands trying to act.

6. Who leads the progressive factions after the revolution?
(a) Mahmud Azari.
(b) Bani Sadr.
(c) Razak Ferdousi.
(d) Beheshti.

7. What kind of government do progressives wish to establish in Iran?
(a) Theocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Meritocracy.

8. Why does Kapuscinski believe revolutions often preach a return to tradition?
(a) People want to expand and grow, rather than retreat inwardly.
(b) The past was objectively better than the present.
(c) Modern technology confuses and angers people.
(d) Tradition is comforting to many people.

9. What two camps does the post-revolution government divide itself into?
(a) Liberal and anarcho-capitalist.
(b) Fascist and socialist.
(c) Siege and assault.
(d) Conservative and progressive.

10. What are the two kinds of revolutions?
(a) Revolution by military, and revolution by civilians.
(b) Revolution by violence, and revolution by peace.
(c) Revolution by word, and revolution by deed.
(d) Revolution by siege, and revolution by assault.

11. How many people were killed in the Qom riot?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Twelve.

12. The destroyer of monuments has been destroying monuments for how long?
(a) Since 1962.
(b) Since 1977.
(c) Since 1941.
(d) He had just started two weeks ago.

13. In the extended metaphor of the play, who are the extras?
(a) The Savak.
(b) The Iranian poor.
(c) Freeloaders attracted by wealth.
(d) The mullahs.

14. What ethnicity was Khomeini's grandfather?
(a) Pakistani.
(b) Saudi Arabian.
(c) Iranian.
(d) Indian.

15. What empty show of support does the Shah make for the people of Iran amid the violence of the revolution?
(a) He divorces his wife.
(b) He visits the tomb of Ali.
(c) He fires a few officers in the army.
(d) He provides money for a library in Qom.