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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 78 to 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Doctor Mossadegh's reign, where did Shah Pahlavi flee?
(a) Rome.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) Johannesburg.

2. Why is there a dearth of manpower for the modernization initiatives of Shah Pahlavi?
(a) The Savak have arrested nearly half of the population.
(b) Students have fled the country's oppression.
(c) International immigration has ceased.
(d) Many have died from a plague.

3. What is the point of Photograph 12's political cartoon, in which confused people are holding parts of cars?
(a) The Shah has made it difficult to travel by car.
(b) Iran is a fragmented place.
(c) Iranians are left with empty promises by the Shah.
(d) Cars, as fueled by oil, are the source of the nation's problems.

4. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?
(a) Britain's decision to depose Shah Reza Khan.
(b) Iranian Shiism.
(c) American capitalist meddling.
(d) Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslims.

5. Which does NOT apply to the Iranian stereotype of masculinity?
(a) Intelligent cunning.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Authoritative demeanor.
(d) Brashness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?

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

3. What was the profession of the grandfather of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?

4. What action by the Shah compels Khomeini to begin speaking out against him?

5. Reza Khan was an officer in which military organization?

(see the answer key)

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