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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dead Flame, pages 131 to 152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kapuscinski tell whether the day will be violent or peaceful during his time in Engelob?
(a) The people wear white if there will be violence.
(b) A great many birds are released if there will be violence.
(c) Religious chanting is heard throughout the day if there will be violence.
(d) A street vendor hides his wares if there will be violence.

2. What is Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's age when he becomes Shah?
(a) 34.
(b) 5.
(c) 52.
(d) 22.

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

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

5. Why are many billions of dollars wasted during Pahlavi's modernization?
(a) Iran lacks the infrastructure to handle the great influx of goods.
(b) Currency transfer rates are unfavorable to Iran.
(c) A war in nearby Iraq disrupts the flow of wealth.
(d) Western powers boycott the country entirely.

Short Answer Questions

1. The destroyer of monuments has been destroying monuments for how long?

2. What does the name Mahdi mean?

3. Which religion is the state religion of Iran?

4. Initially, what are Mahmud Azari's own political leanings?

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

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