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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 were American hostages held as a result of the Iranian revolution?
(a) The U.S. Embassy.
(b) The Teheran National Bank.
(c) Khomeini's residence in Qom.
(d) The United Nations building in Teheran.

2. What aspect of the revolution does Europe express outrage over?
(a) Adulation of Khomeini.
(b) Censorship of books and newspapers.
(c) Public executions.
(d) Committee-based leadership.

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

4. Where must Razak go to find work?
(a) Isfahan.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Teheran.
(d) Qom.

5. How many people were killed in the Qom riot?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Ninety-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the extended metaphor of the play, how is revolt (or revolution) demonstrated?

2. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?

3. Which government newspaper prints an unflattering article about Khomeini?

4. Who does Mahmud Azari NOT visit during his return to Iran?

5. What empty show of support does the Shah make for the people of Iran amid the violence of the revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens in Qom as a result of an unflattering article in Etelat about Khomeini that spurs the revolution?

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

9. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

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

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