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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 does Mahmud Azari live while away from Iran?
(a) London.
(b) Bali.
(c) New York.
(d) Johannesburg.

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

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

4. What is the definition of "revolution by assault"?
(a) Revolution by assault seeks immediate violent remedy.
(b) Revolution by assault involves brilliant military strategy.
(c) Revolution by assault starts small and only builds gradually.
(d) Revolution by assault involves brutal hand-to-hand combat.

5. Where must Mahmud Azari report to shortly upon his return to Iran?
(a) The Teheran nuclear power plant.
(b) Khomeini's mosque.
(c) The Shah's palace.
(d) A Savak office.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Savak conduct a raid on which location, resulting in the arrest of many students?

2. What is the most permanent form of revolution?

3. What times does Razak work until every day?

4. Where does the Shah order a massacre of the people in order to please his army?

5. How does Kapuscinski tell whether the day will be violent or peaceful during his time in Engelob?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Azari learn about his brother once he returns to Iran in 1977?

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

3. What common structure unites pro-revolution films on television, according to Kapuscinski?

4. Why does Kapuscinski call revolution a drama?

5. What is the Shah forced by the Americans to do shortly before the revolution? How do the people react to the Shah's action?

6. What is significant about the trip Kapuscinski makes in December 1978?

7. Who is Razak? Describe his circumstances.

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

9. Why does Kapuscinski feels that Shah blundered in his response to unrest prior to the revolution?

10. What does Kapuscinski cite as the true cause of the Iranian revolution?

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