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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. By the late 1970s, what is the population of Teheran?

2. In the extended metaphor of the play, who is the director?

3. Where must Azari get stitches after his beating?

4. When Kapuscinski witnesses a protest march, what subject is a man singing about?

5. Why do many wear white to protests during the revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Razak? Describe his circumstances.

5. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

6. Why does Kapuscinski call revolution a drama?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Doctor Mossadegh was an important figure in Iranian history.

1) Describe Mossadegh's political philosophy, especially as compared to Shah Pahlavi's.

2) What did Mossadegh manage to accomplish? What actions did he take when given a leadership position?

3) Describe the context of Mossadegh's ouster from office. Did his policies succeed or fail? What was the Western world's opinion of Mossadegh, and what part did they play in his ouster?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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