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

2. How does authority cause revolution, according to Kapuscinski?

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

4. What action does America force the Shah to make, making the Shah appear weak?

5. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the march of Engelob that Kapuscinski participates in, and how it starts.

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

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

10. What extended metaphor does Kapuscinski offer for the relationship between the Shah, the Great Civilization, and the people of Iran?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was a central figure in Iranian history.

1) Explain Pahlavi's family background and upbringing.

2) How was Pahlavi different from his father? Discuss anything from physicality to governing style and personality.

3) Kapuscinski states that Pahlavi believed that "man is an abject creature." What does this statement mean, and what consequences would it have for Pahlavi's actions and attitudes?

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