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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daguerreotypes, pages 61 to 78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the torture methods mentioned to be in use by the Savak?
(a) Throwing a person into a bag full of hungry cats.
(b) Horning victims to death with a bull.
(c) Drilling into skulls.
(d) Extracting fingernails.

2. Why are the city streets of Tehran unsafe at night post-revolution?
(a) Starving, violent coyotes.
(b) Roaming militiamen.
(c) A toxic sludge from a chemical plant.
(d) The Shah's army enforced a strict curfew.

3. 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.

4. Who did Reza Khan root for in World War II?
(a) Roosevelt and the Americans.
(b) Hitler and Germany.
(c) Churchill and Great Britain.
(d) Mussolini and the Italians.

5. Who do Shiites believe will restore the kingdom of God on Earth?
(a) The Twelfth Imam.
(b) Ali.
(c) The One True Cleric.
(d) The Caliph of Qom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does world media respond to Shah Pahlavi's attempts to modernize Iran?

2. Which is NOT one of the goals the Shah has for modernization?

3. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?

4. Shiites know members of Ali's family line by what name?

5. According to Kapuscinski, most Shahs in Iran's history have suffered what fate?

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