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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. What is Mahmud Azari's brother's part in the revolution?
(a) The brother is solidly pro-Shah.
(b) The brother is a revolutionary who speaks against the Shah.
(c) The brother is a member of the Savak.
(d) The brother stays out of the fight and is apolitical.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the extended metaphor of the play, who are the extras?

3. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?

4. Where does Mahmud Azari live while away from Iran?

5. Which is NOT one of the traditional history book causes of revolution, according to Kapuscinski?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the incident in which Azari is beaten.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is significant about the trip Kapuscinski makes in December 1978?

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