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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. How long is Mahmud Azari away from his native Iran?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eight years.

2. When does Kapuscinski visit the U.S. Embassy?
(a) October 1979.
(b) January 1978.
(c) December 1978.
(d) May 1982.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The destroyer of monuments wrecks what kind of statues?

2. What is the most permanent form of revolution?

3. What is Razak's job?

4. Why does Kapuscinski believe revolutions often preach a return to tradition?

5. Why does Mahmud Azari return to Iran after an absence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Azari learn about his brother once he returns to Iran in 1977?

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

3. Why is Azari shocked when he returns to Teheran for the first time in eight years?

4. How does the local newspaper respond to the events surrounding Azari's beating?

5. Describe the "professional wrecker" that Kapuscinski interviews in "The Dead Flame."

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mahmud Azari sum up the psychological atmosphere in Iran, and its relationship to the modernization going on?

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