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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name Mahdi mean?
(a) The bearer of the good news.
(b) The persecuted minority.
(c) The one led by God.
(d) He who does not tire or thirst.

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

3. What kind of culture did Reza Khan urge his citizens to adopt?
(a) Traditional Shiite ways.
(b) Traditional Sunni ways.
(c) Indian Hindu culture.
(d) European modern culture.

4. How did Shah Pahlavi fund his Great Civilization?
(a) Iran's oil wealth.
(b) His personal real estate fortune.
(c) Funding from Western powers.
(d) Extreme taxation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Shah Pahlavi demonstrate his love for the military and weapons?

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

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

4. Why is there a dearth of manpower for the modernization initiatives of Shah Pahlavi?

5. In "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini asking of the Iranian people in a televised speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Doctor Mossadegh, and what important change did he make to Iranian industry?

2. On the television in "Cards, Faces, Fields of Flowers," what is Khomeini preaching? What is his message?

3. Describe how Reza Khan was forced from his position as Shah of Iran.

4. Describe the historical events that gave rise to the Shiite faith.

5. What effect does the immigration of foreigners during the Great Civilization have on the common Iranian people?

6. What event causes Khomeini to call for the Shah to step down as leader? What do Khomeini and others like him think of Shah Pahlavi?

7. Describe the story of Agha Mohammed Khan. Why does Kapuscinski mention this event?

8. Who is the "Twelfth Imam," and why is this figure important in Shiism?

9. What effect does existing Iranian infrastructure have on Great Civilization initiatives?

10. What is the story, as told through Kapuscinski examining a photograph, of the grandfather of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?

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