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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. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?

2. What aspect of the revolution does Europe express outrage over?

3. While back in Iran, Mahmud Azari is handed revolutionist literature written by whom?

4. How does Kapuscinski tell whether the day will be violent or peaceful during his time in Engelob?

5. What kind of government do progressives wish to establish in Iran?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Kapuscinski call revolution a drama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kapuscinski devotes many pages of the book to the root causes of revolution and the nature of revolution.

1) What are the traditional causes of revolution, and why does Kapuscinski reject these as causes for the Iranian Revolution? What does Kapuscinski believe is the true cause of revolution?

2) Why does Kapuscinski refer to revolution as a "drama"?

3) Describe the two types of revolutions Kapuscinski defines.

Essay Topic 2

Shah Reza Khan was a central figure in Iranian history.

1) Explain Reza's biographical background, up until he was forced from the throne.

2) What kind of man was Reza? How did he govern? What personality did he have? How did he treat his subjects?

3) Why was Reza forced to abdicate his throne? Explain the circumstances.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the basic philosophical differences between conservatism and liberalism. How was this debate/struggle manifest in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution?

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