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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are name for Shiite religious leaders?
(a) Caliphs.
(b) Tsars.
(c) Ayatollahs.
(d) Holy Clerics.

3. Doctor Mossadegh importantly nationalized which industry in Iran?
(a) Trains and railways.
(b) Military.
(c) Oil.
(d) Textile.

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

5. Which religion is the state religion of Iran?
(a) Sunni Islam.
(b) Shiism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Hinduism.

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

7. What is Khomeini's title?
(a) Emir.
(b) Ayatollah.
(c) Shah.
(d) Tsar.

8. Which class of people are not the targets of the Savak?
(a) The poor.
(b) Academics.
(c) Artists.
(d) People at every level of society are targets of Savak.

9. Who do the Sunnis elect to succeed the Prophet Mohammed?
(a) The emirs.
(b) Ali.
(c) A committee of commoners.
(d) The caliphs.

10. Why is there a dearth of manpower for the modernization initiatives of Shah Pahlavi?
(a) The Savak have arrested nearly half of the population.
(b) International immigration has ceased.
(c) Many have died from a plague.
(d) Students have fled the country's oppression.

11. What do the petro-bourgeoisie do to inflame the anger of poor Iranians?
(a) They enslave the poor's daughters to use for sex.
(b) They build many statues of the Shah.
(c) They employ the poor, but then refuse to pay them for work done.
(d) They build mansions next to shantytowns.

12. What is the nickname for the electrically heated table that the Savak use for torture?
(a) The Hotcake.
(b) The Frog Jumper.
(c) The Frying Pan.
(d) The Fever Blister.

13. Which historical figure is second only to the Prophet Mohammed in the eyes of Shiite Muslims?
(a) Agha Khan.
(b) Ali.
(c) Al-Dinawari.
(d) Al-Tirmidhi.

14. How many agents of Savak were there?
(a) 500.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 12.

15. What is the home town of Khomeini?
(a) Qom.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Tehran.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Doctor Mossadegh die?

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

3. Which is NOT one of the torture methods mentioned to be in use by the Savak?

4. What was the profession of the grandfather of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?

5. In Photograph 1, one of the men in the photograph murdered which well-known figure?

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