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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. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?

2. Why does Mahmud Azari return to Iran after an absence?

3. What government organizational structure emerges after the smoke clears from the revolution?

4. Where must Azari get stitches after his beating?

5. Which animal causes an anti-police riot in an Iranian town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

2. Why is Azari shocked when he returns to Teheran for the first time in eight years?

3. What anecdote does Kapuscinski share about the Persian carpet salesman, and what is this salesman's message?

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

5. What "two camps" does the Iranian revolution divide itself into?

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

7. Explain Azari's association with the Iranian Writers' Association.

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

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

10. Who is Razak? Describe his circumstances.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In "Daguerreotypes," Kapuscinski uses photographs to help tell the story of the buildup to the revolution. What might this method be valuable, and why might Kapuscinski have chosen to do this? What can photographs convey that other modes of expression cannot? List two examples of photographs from the book, and how Kapuscinski uses them to reveal aspects of the people and events of the revolution.

Essay Topic 3

At one point in "Daguerreotypes," a publisher is demonstrated showing pride in the publication of a poem. Why was the publisher so prideful? Discuss the particulars of the poem and the environment of censorship in Iran at that time.

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