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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname for the electrically heated table that the Savak use for torture?

2. What does Pahlavi do when confronted with a crisis of manpower during modernization?

3. What do the petro-bourgeoisie do to inflame the anger of poor Iranians?

4. How many agents of Savak were there?

5. Where do members of the Shah's retinue travel to on a regular basis to have lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does existing Iranian infrastructure have on Great Civilization initiatives?

2. What is Qom, and how is it associated with Ayatollah Khomeini?

3. How is language related to the Iranian revolution and the message that Khomeini preaches?

4. Why and how is Doctor Mossadegh forced from office?

5. Describe the physical/personality differences between Reza Khan and Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as Kapuscinski sees them.

6. What is the story, as told through Kapuscinski examining a photograph, of the grandfather of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?

7. Around Kapuscinski's hotel, what is the state of the streets and of overall security and safety of citizens?

8. What is the state of international tourism in Iran at the start of Shah and Shahs?

9. Describe how Reza Khan was forced from his position as Shah of Iran.

10. Describe the photograph involving the scene at the bus stop (Photograph 7).

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the extended metaphor Kapuscinski uses to describe the Shah and the Great Civilization. How does Kapuscinski get across the point of the Shah's failure and ignorance?

Essay Topic 2

The Great Civilization was a central event in Iranian history.

1) Explain what the Great Civilization was. When did it occur? Who initiated it? What was its purpose?

2) How did Iran change as a result of the Great Civilization? Describe how military, industries, common people, etc., changed.

3) Why is the date of December 23, 1973, important in the history of the Great Civilization?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is central to Kapuscinski's discussion of the Shah regime. How did Shah and his various organizations use fear as a weapon? Discuss specific policies the Shah instituted, and discuss the Savak and their relationship to the Iranian citizenry. Finally, how does Kapuscinski relate his discussion of fear to the Iranian Revolution? What role did fear play in that event?

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