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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the newspapers report about Mahmud Azari's beating?
(a) The skew the facts to make the Savak look like the hero.
(b) They objectively present both sides for the reader to make up his or her own mind.
(c) They rightly report on the injustice committed against Azari.
(d) They do not report the event at all, trying to erase the memory of it.

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

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

5. What is the "key sanctuary" for Iranians during the Shah's regime?
(a) The market.
(b) The mosque.
(c) The private home.
(d) The bathhouse.

6. Where must Mahmud Azari report to shortly upon his return to Iran?
(a) A Savak office.
(b) The Shah's palace.
(c) Khomeini's mosque.
(d) The Teheran nuclear power plant.

7. Who tells Azari that there has been a massacre in Qom?
(a) His brother.
(b) Razak.
(c) Mr. Ferdousi.
(d) Savak agents.

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

9. What activity is NOT done after the massacre of Qom?
(a) There are funeral services for the dead.
(b) Bodies are left to rot in the streets as a reminder of the tragedy.
(c) The dead are prayed over.
(d) The dead are wrapped in sheets.

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

11. Why are revolutions rare, according to Kapuscinski?
(a) Humans avoid that which is uncomfortable.
(b) It takes a great deal of death to move humanity to action.
(c) Dictators have become very good at stopping them before they start.
(d) Revolutions are actually common, but the media fails to report on them.

12. Which government newspaper prints an unflattering article about Khomeini?
(a) Etelat.
(b) Hamshahri.
(c) Teheran Times.
(d) Iran Daily.

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

14. The Savak conduct a raid on which location, resulting in the arrest of many students?
(a) A university.
(b) A bazaar.
(c) A mosque.
(d) A private home holding secret meetings.

15. Why is Mahmud Azari stunned upon his return to Teheran?
(a) Teheran has grown greatly in size.
(b) Teheran has decreased in population significantly.
(c) Teheran is full of litter and vandalism.
(d) Teheran is full of beggars and thieves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the progressive factions after the revolution?

2. What are the two kinds of revolutions?

3. What was Khomeini's stance regarding internationalism and foreign influence?

4. What is Mahmud Azari's brother's part in the revolution?

5. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?

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