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

2. In the extended metaphor of the play, who are the extras?
(a) Freeloaders attracted by wealth.
(b) The mullahs.
(c) The Savak.
(d) The Iranian poor.

3. Why is Mahmud Azari stunned upon his return to Teheran?
(a) Teheran is full of beggars and thieves.
(b) Teheran has grown greatly in size.
(c) Teheran is full of litter and vandalism.
(d) Teheran has decreased in population significantly.

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

5. What do protesters shout in unison in many of the pro-revolution films?
(a) Death to the Shah!
(b) Death to Azari!
(c) Death to Ali!
(d) Death to Khomeini!

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Shah order a massacre of the people in order to please his army?

2. Which organization is responsible for censorship decisions under the Shah?

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

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

5. According to Kapuscinski, the Shah has what view of human nature?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

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