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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. How can Doctor Mossadegh's political philosophy best be described?
(a) Anarcho-Capitalist.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Fascist.

2. What language is spoken by the majority of Iranians?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) English.
(d) Farsi.

3. What was the profession of the grandfather of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?
(a) Persian carpet merchant.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Moneylender.
(d) Journalist.

4. Who does Reza Khan replace as a military commander in 1917?
(a) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
(b) Ayatollah Khomeini.
(c) Nasr-ed-Din.
(d) Vsevolod Lyakhov.

5. How does Shah Pahlavi pander to religious elements in Iran prior to retaking the throne from Mossadegh?
(a) He reads the entire Quran cover to cover.
(b) He makes a pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) He sacrifices a goat.
(d) He visits the tomb of Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has international tourism changed since the coming of Khomeini?

2. How many informants for Savak were there?

3. Which does NOT apply to the Iranian stereotype of masculinity?

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

5. What is Khomeini's title?

(see the answer key)

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