View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Khomeini's stance regarding internationalism and foreign influence?
(a) Khomeini embraced internationalism only because of technology to be exploited.
(b) Khomeini took no strong position on internationalism.
(c) Khomeini rejected internationalism and preached xenophobia.
(d) Khomeini embraced internationalism and encouraged immigration.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event starts the Iranian revolution?

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

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

5. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the audience?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the national response to the massacre of Qom? What events follow the massacre?

3. Why does Kapuscinski feels that Shah blundered in his response to unrest prior to the revolution?

4. What is the nature of the January 8, 1978 article in Etelat that helped to spur the Iranian revolution?

5. What immediate actions does Shah Pahlavi take in response to increasing unrest just prior to full-scale revolution?

6. What does Azari learn about old acquaintances upon his 1977 return to Iran?

7. Describe the meeting Azari has with a publisher friend.

8. Why does Kapuscinski call revolution a drama?

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

10. What do revolution leaders do with Shah loyalists, and how does this action demonstrate a wide divide between Iranian and Western cultures?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,059 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample