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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is the subject of a memorable pro-revolution film showing the massacre of Isfahan?
(a) Khomeini.
(b) Razak.
(c) A legless invalid.
(d) A destroyer of monuments.

7. After massacres, the dead are commemorated in a service after how many days?
(a) One hundred days.
(b) Forty days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Ninety days.

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

9. What date does Kapuscinski provide for the start date of the Iranian revolution?
(a) September 4, 1977.
(b) October 7, 1982.
(c) January 8, 1978.
(d) December 22, 1974.

10. 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) A great many birds are released if there will be violence.
(c) The people wear white if there will be violence.
(d) Religious chanting is heard throughout the day if there will be violence.

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

12. According to Mr. Ferdousi, what has kept the Persian people alive and vibrant?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Violence.
(c) The Shah.
(d) Concern for nature.

13. What event starts the Iranian revolution?
(a) Children in the city of Kerman are blinded by the military.
(b) Students are arrested in a raid.
(c) The Iranian Writers' Association holds a mass protest.
(d) An unflattering article about Khomeini is printed in a newspaper.

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

15. How does authority cause revolution, according to Kapuscinski?
(a) By its own sense of destiny.
(b) By its own sense of invincibility.
(c) By its own sense of pride.
(d) By its own sense of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Savak conduct a raid on which location, resulting in the arrest of many students?

2. Where does the Shah order a massacre of the people in order to please his army?

3. To start the revolution, people in Qom commit what crime?

4. According to Kapuscinski, the Shah has what view of human nature?

5. What kind of government do conservatives wish to establish in Iran?

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