Shah of Shahs Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Ryszard Kapuściński
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Shah of Shahs Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Ryszard Kapuściński
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 101 to 115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name Mahdi mean?
(a) The one led by God.
(b) The persecuted minority.
(c) The bearer of the good news.
(d) He who does not tire or thirst.

2. What "psychological aspect" of revolution does Kapuscinski stress?
(a) For revolution to occur, the people must lose their fear.
(b) Kapuscinski uses the analogy of a volcano to talk about the anger of the people.
(c) Revolution occurs via the principle of reverse psychology.
(d) The people must become extremely fearful of the police state in order to revolt.

3. Why does Kapuscinski believe revolutions often preach a return to tradition?
(a) The past was objectively better than the present.
(b) Modern technology confuses and angers people.
(c) People want to expand and grow, rather than retreat inwardly.
(d) Tradition is comforting to many people.

4. What is the Shah's response to increasing revolution violence?
(a) He goes door-to-door to explain his position to the citizens.
(b) He foolishly ignores it and concentrates on his modernization plans.
(c) He uses the police state to beat people into submission.
(d) He offers concessions to Khomeini and tries to appease him.

5. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?
(a) Reza Khan.
(b) Soraya Esfandiari.
(c) His own name.
(d) Doctor Mossadegh.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Photograph 7, why is the old man taken away from the bus stop?

2. Agha Mohammed Khan, during a massacre, ordered what fate for the children of the town?

3. Who do the Sunnis elect to succeed the Prophet Mohammed?

4. In what year did Doctor Mossadegh die?

5. What for Kapuscinski symbolizes the promise of easy wealth and power for Middle Easterners, particularly the poor?

(see the answer key)

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