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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the revolution does Europe express outrage over?
(a) Public executions.
(b) Committee-based leadership.
(c) Censorship of books and newspapers.
(d) Adulation of Khomeini.

2. How does Kapuscinski tell whether the day will be violent or peaceful during his time in Engelob?
(a) A street vendor hides his wares if there will be violence.
(b) Religious chanting is heard throughout the day if there will be violence.
(c) A great many birds are released if there will be violence.
(d) The people wear white if there will be violence.

3. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the director?
(a) Azari.
(b) The Savak.
(c) The Shah.
(d) Khomeini.

4. What times does Razak work until every day?
(a) 1 pm.
(b) 9 pm.
(c) 5 pm.
(d) 1 am.

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

6. In the extended metaphor of the play, what are the props and scenery?
(a) The Shah's personal bodyguard.
(b) Oil.
(c) Religion.
(d) All the modern technology imported into Iran.

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

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

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

10. According to Kapuscinski, revolution is caused by what?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Military abuses.

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

12. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the star?
(a) The Shah.
(b) America.
(c) Khomeini.
(d) The Iranian poor.

13. Where does the Shah order a massacre of the people in order to please his army?
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Qom.
(c) Teheran.
(d) Isfahan.

14. Why is Azari physically beaten?
(a) He was arbitrarily chosen while walking on the street.
(b) He was caught with revolutionist literature.
(c) He attended secret, illegal meetings.
(d) He published an anti-Shah article in a newspaper.

15. What is Mahmud Azari's brother's part in the revolution?
(a) The brother is a revolutionary who speaks against the Shah.
(b) The brother is solidly pro-Shah.
(c) The brother is a member of the Savak.
(d) The brother stays out of the fight and is apolitical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What government organizational structure emerges after the smoke clears from the revolution?

2. What time does Razak begin work every day?

3. What do the newspapers report about Mahmud Azari's beating?

4. Who is the subject of a memorable pro-revolution film showing the massacre of Isfahan?

5. What political party is Mahmud Azari forced to join?

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