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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Khomeini's stance regarding internationalism and foreign influence?
(a) Khomeini embraced internationalism only because of technology to be exploited.
(b) Khomeini rejected internationalism and preached xenophobia.
(c) Khomeini took no strong position on internationalism.
(d) Khomeini embraced internationalism and encouraged immigration.

2. Initially, what are Mahmud Azari's own political leanings?
(a) He describes himself as apolitical.
(b) He describes himself as a revolutionary.
(c) He describes himself as pro-Shah.
(d) He describes himself as a conservative.

3. When Kapuscinski witnesses a protest march, what subject is a man singing about?
(a) Hummus.
(b) Allah.
(c) Khomeini.
(d) The Shah.

4. 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 street vendor hides his wares if there will be violence.
(c) Religious chanting is heard throughout the day if there will be violence.
(d) A great many birds are released if there will be violence.

5. How long is Mahmud Azari away from his native Iran?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Three weeks.

6. Who leads the progressive factions after the revolution?
(a) Mahmud Azari.
(b) Beheshti.
(c) Bani Sadr.
(d) Razak Ferdousi.

7. Why are revolutions rare, according to Kapuscinski?
(a) It takes a great deal of death to move humanity to action.
(b) Dictators have become very good at stopping them before they start.
(c) Revolutions are actually common, but the media fails to report on them.
(d) Humans avoid that which is uncomfortable.

8. While back in Iran, Mahmud Azari is handed revolutionist literature written by whom?
(a) Ali Asqara Jawadi.
(b) Doctor Mossadegh.
(c) Soraya Esfandiari.
(d) Mohammed Ferdousi.

9. A newspaper article provides what reason for its assertion that Khomeini cannot be trusted?
(a) Khomeini is a Sunni Muslim.
(b) Khomeini is only interested in amassing wealth.
(c) Khomeini has grown senile in his old age.
(d) Khomeini is a foreigner.

10. Why did Mahmud Azari originally leave the country of Iran?
(a) He was persecuted by the Savak.
(b) He left for a university education.
(c) His daughter died, and he needed a change of environment.
(d) He got a job transfer.

11. In the extended metaphor of the play, who are the extras?
(a) Freeloaders attracted by wealth.
(b) The Iranian poor.
(c) The Savak.
(d) The mullahs.

12. Who does Mahmud Azari NOT visit during his return to Iran?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A destroyer of monuments to the Shah.
(c) A botany professor.
(d) His brother.

13. What aspect of the revolution does Europe express outrage over?
(a) Adulation of Khomeini.
(b) Public executions.
(c) Censorship of books and newspapers.
(d) Committee-based leadership.

14. Where must Razak go to find work?
(a) Isfahan.
(b) Qom.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Teheran.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which animal causes an anti-police riot in an Iranian town?

3. After massacres, the dead are commemorated in a service after how many days?

4. What kind of hallucination does Azari suffer after his beating?

5. Who leads the conservative factions after the revolution?

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