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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. In the extended metaphor of the play, what are the props and scenery?
(a) Religion.
(b) Oil.
(c) The Shah's personal bodyguard.
(d) All the modern technology imported into Iran.

2. Who does Mahmud Azari NOT visit during his return to Iran?
(a) A botany professor.
(b) His brother.
(c) A mayor.
(d) A destroyer of monuments to the Shah.

3. 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.

4. What was Khomeini's stance regarding internationalism and foreign influence?
(a) Khomeini embraced internationalism only because of technology to be exploited.
(b) Khomeini rejected internationalism and preached xenophobia.
(c) Khomeini embraced internationalism and encouraged immigration.
(d) Khomeini took no strong position on internationalism.

5. Where must Azari get stitches after his beating?
(a) The thigh.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The head.
(d) The arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two kinds of revolutions?

2. Where must Razak go to find work?

3. The destroyer of monuments has been destroying monuments for how long?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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