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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. A newspaper article provides what reason for its assertion that Khomeini is a madman?
(a) Khomeini is a supporter of the Great Civilization.
(b) Khomeini has been known to talk to an invisible person.
(c) Khomeini is an enemy of the poor.
(d) Khomeini is an enemy of the status quo.

4. Where must Razak go to find work?
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Qom.
(c) Teheran.
(d) Isfahan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?

2. What is the word for the religious, social, and market-oriented gathering place for Iranians?

3. Which is NOT a site of a massacre during the Iranian revolution?

4. After Azari's beating, what powerful emotion grips him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kapuscinski call revolution a drama?

2. Describe the incident in which Azari is beaten.

3. What are the two types of revolution? Define them.

4. What extended metaphor does Kapuscinski offer for the relationship between the Shah, the Great Civilization, and the people of Iran?

5. What organizations rule after the Shah is deposed? How does Kapuscinski characterize this organizations?

6. What anecdote does Kapuscinski share about the Persian carpet salesman, and what is this salesman's message?

7. What happens in Qom as a result of an unflattering article in Etelat about Khomeini that spurs the revolution?

8. Explain Azari's association with the Iranian Writers' Association.

9. Who is Mahmud Azari? What is the background of Mahmud Azari?

10. What "two camps" does the Iranian revolution divide itself into?

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