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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. Why is Azari physically beaten?
(a) He attended secret, illegal meetings.
(b) He was caught with revolutionist literature.
(c) He published an anti-Shah article in a newspaper.
(d) He was arbitrarily chosen while walking on the street.

2. Azari talks to a publisher who is proud of being able to publish a poem with what word in it?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Free.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Hideous.

3. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Isfahan.
(c) Engelob.
(d) Qom.

4. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the audience?
(a) The West.
(b) The petro-bourgeoisie.
(c) The mullahs.
(d) The Iranians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Mahmud Azari away from his native Iran?

2. What event, full of propaganda and feasts, does Mahmud Azari attend?

3. What activity is NOT done after the massacre of Qom?

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

5. What is the "key sanctuary" for Iranians during the Shah's regime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What common structure unites pro-revolution films on television, according to Kapuscinski?

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

6. What is the Shah forced by the Americans to do shortly before the revolution? How do the people react to the Shah's action?

7. Explain the pre-revolution events involving a) a wild horse, b) a university, and c) a riot in Qom.

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

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

10. What does Kapuscinski cite as the true cause of the Iranian revolution?

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