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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 32 to 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how far away is Qom from Tehran?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 1000 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 4000 miles.

2. Photograph #1, the oldest photo Kapuscinski has, dates from around what year?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1944.

3. What major event happened to Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1949?
(a) The acquisition of Afghanistan.
(b) Marriage.
(c) An assassination attempt.
(d) The birth of his first daughter.

4. What is the capital of Iran?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Azari.
(c) Qom.
(d) Esfandiari.

5. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?
(a) Murder.
(b) Madness.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leprosy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In which year did Reza Khan stage an overthrow of the government?

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

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

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