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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A newspaper article provides what reason for its assertion that Khomeini cannot be trusted?
(a) Khomeini has grown senile in his old age.
(b) Khomeini is a foreigner.
(c) Khomeini is a Sunni Muslim.
(d) Khomeini is only interested in amassing wealth.

2. Azari talks to a publisher who is proud of being able to publish a poem with what word in it?
(a) Hideous.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Free.

3. After Azari's beating, what powerful emotion grips him?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

4. Who is executed after the revolution is concluded?
(a) Shah loyalists.
(b) The Shah himself.
(c) Khomeini.
(d) Religious mullahs.

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

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

7. Where does Mahmud Azari live while away from Iran?
(a) London.
(b) Bali.
(c) New York.
(d) Johannesburg.

8. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?
(a) He got a job transfer.
(b) His daughter died, and he needed a change of environment.
(c) He left for a university education.
(d) He was persecuted by the Savak.

9. What is the most permanent form of revolution?
(a) Revolution by committee.
(b) Revolution by assault.
(c) Revolution by deed.
(d) Revolution by siege.

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

11. When Kapuscinski witnesses a protest march, what subject is a man singing about?
(a) Hummus.
(b) The Shah.
(c) Khomeini.
(d) Allah.

12. What is the word for the religious, social, and market-oriented gathering place for Iranians?
(a) Mahdi.
(b) Bazaar.
(c) Caliph.
(d) Teheran.

13. What is the occupation of Mr. Ferdousi?
(a) Carpet salesman.
(b) Academic.
(c) Politician.
(d) Destroyer of monuments.

14. While back in Iran, Mahmud Azari is handed revolutionist literature written by whom?
(a) Doctor Mossadegh.
(b) Mohammed Ferdousi.
(c) Ali Asqara Jawadi.
(d) Soraya Esfandiari.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the star?

2. What is Razak's job?

3. In which year does Mahmud Azari return to Iran after an absence?

4. How many people were killed in the Qom riot?

5. What two camps does the post-revolution government divide itself into?

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