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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. Where do many unemployed people congregate during the revolution?
(a) Qom.
(b) Engelob.
(c) The Shah's palace.
(d) Gomruk Square.

2. Where were American hostages held as a result of the Iranian revolution?
(a) The U.S. Embassy.
(b) The Teheran National Bank.
(c) Khomeini's residence in Qom.
(d) The United Nations building in Teheran.

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

4. Who is executed after the revolution is concluded?
(a) Shah loyalists.
(b) Religious mullahs.
(c) The Shah himself.
(d) Khomeini.

5. Where did Kapuscinski participate in a protest march?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Qom.
(c) Isfahan.
(d) Engelob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of government do progressives wish to establish in Iran?

2. Why did people riot in Qom?

3. What has become of a poet friend of Azari's?

4. How many people were killed in the Qom riot?

5. Where must Razak go to find work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Razak? Describe his circumstances.

2. What is the national response to the massacre of Qom? What events follow the massacre?

3. Explain Azari's association with the Iranian Writers' Association.

4. Describe the "professional wrecker" that Kapuscinski interviews in "The Dead Flame."

5. What organizations rule after the Shah is deposed? How does Kapuscinski characterize this organizations?

6. What anecdote does Kapuscinski share about the Persian carpet salesman, and what is this salesman's message?

7. Describe the meeting Azari has with a publisher friend.

8. What immediate actions does Shah Pahlavi take in response to increasing unrest just prior to full-scale revolution?

9. How does the local newspaper respond to the events surrounding Azari's beating?

10. What extended metaphor does Kapuscinski offer for the relationship between the Shah, the Great Civilization, and the people of Iran?

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