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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 the Shah order a massacre of the people in order to please his army?
(a) Isfahan.
(b) Qom.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Teheran.

2. What date does Kapuscinski provide for the start date of the Iranian revolution?
(a) October 7, 1982.
(b) January 8, 1978.
(c) December 22, 1974.
(d) September 4, 1977.

3. To start the revolution, people in Qom commit what crime?
(a) They deface images of the Shah.
(b) They steal bread to feed their starving families.
(c) They congregate in large groups.
(d) They read out loud.

4. What is the "key sanctuary" for Iranians during the Shah's regime?
(a) The bathhouse.
(b) The private home.
(c) The market.
(d) The mosque.

5. What two camps does the post-revolution government divide itself into?
(a) Siege and assault.
(b) Fascist and socialist.
(c) Conservative and progressive.
(d) Liberal and anarcho-capitalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mahmud Azari stunned upon his return to Teheran?

2. Who leads the progressive factions after the revolution?

3. How does authority cause revolution, according to Kapuscinski?

4. Where were American hostages held as a result of the Iranian revolution?

5. While back in Iran, Mahmud Azari is handed revolutionist literature written by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the march of Engelob that Kapuscinski participates in, and how it starts.

2. Why is Azari shocked when he returns to Teheran for the first time in eight years?

3. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens in Qom as a result of an unflattering article in Etelat about Khomeini that spurs the revolution?

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

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