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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. Where does Mahmud Azari live while away from Iran?
(a) New York.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Bali.
(d) London.

2. Members of the Shah's retinue sometimes elect to have lunch flown in by which company?
(a) British Airways.
(b) Delta.
(c) American Airlines.
(d) Air France.

3. What two camps does the post-revolution government divide itself into?
(a) Siege and assault.
(b) Fascist and socialist.
(c) Conservative and progressive.
(d) Liberal and anarcho-capitalist.

4. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?
(a) The poet has become jailed for writing anti-Shah poems.
(b) The poet has given up poetry altogether due to censorship.
(c) The poet writes poems that always praise the Shah.
(d) The poet has become an important revolutionary voice.

5. By the late 1970s, what is the population of Teheran?
(a) Thirty thousand.
(b) Five million.
(c) Fifteen million.
(d) One million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?

2. What is Mahmud Azari's brother's part in the revolution?

3. Which class of people are not the targets of the Savak?

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

5. How many informants for Savak were there?

(see the answer key)

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