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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Khomeini's living conditions be described?
(a) He lives in a dusty hovel.
(b) He lives in a modest apartment building.
(c) He lives in a grand, new palace.
(d) He occupies the former palace of the Shah.

2. Where does Kapuscinski trace modern terrorism to?
(a) American capitalist meddling.
(b) Britain's decision to depose Shah Reza Khan.
(c) Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslims.
(d) Iranian Shiism.

3. What relationship was Ali to the Prophet Mohammed?
(a) Son.
(b) Father.
(c) Son-in-law.
(d) He was a good friend.

4. What does Shah Pahlavi call his nationwide effort to modernize Iran?
(a) The Great Civilization.
(b) The Unlimited Future.
(c) The Rapid Recovery.
(d) Allah's Gift.

5. In the mid 1950s, whose name does Shah Pahlavi forbid to be spoken?
(a) Doctor Mossadegh.
(b) His own name.
(c) Soraya Esfandiari.
(d) Reza Khan.

6. At the beginning of the book, where is the author located?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A prison.
(c) A bazaar.
(d) A television station.

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

8. Which city did Shah Agha Mohammed Khan famously order a massacre for?
(a) Kerman.
(b) Teheran.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Qom.

9. Which country provided support and encouragement to Reza Khan for his overthrow of the Persian government?
(a) Egypt.
(b) United States.
(c) Britain.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

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

11. How many informants for Savak were there?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Thirty thousand.
(c) Three million.
(d) Three thousand.

12. What happens to Doctor Mossadegh after he is deposed?
(a) He is executed for treason.
(b) He is imprisoned for the rest of his life.
(c) He flees to the United States.
(d) He is forced to live under house arrest.

13. Who aids Shah Pahlavi in his buildup of the military after he retakes his throne from Mossadegh?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) America.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iraq.

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

15. What emotion does the Savak use to control the population?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) False Happiness.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the petro-bourgeoisie do to inflame the anger of poor Iranians?

2. Reza Khan was an officer in which military organization?

3. What kind of accountability is in place in regard to the Savak?

4. Which country backed Shah Pahlavi when he wrested control away from Doctor Mossadegh?

5. What is Shah Pahlavi's "first love" according to Kapuscinski?

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