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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people riot in Qom?

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

3. What kind of government do conservatives wish to establish in Iran?

4. Where do many unemployed people congregate during the revolution?

5. In the extended metaphor of the play, what are the props and scenery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Azari learn about old acquaintances upon his 1977 return to Iran?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did oil play in Iran's history? List major events that involved oil, particularly the West's interest in Iranian oil reserves. For Kapuscinski, what does oil represent/symbolize for the poor people of the Middle East?

Essay Topic 2

Kapuscinski devotes many pages of the book to the root causes of revolution and the nature of revolution.

1) What are the traditional causes of revolution, and why does Kapuscinski reject these as causes for the Iranian Revolution? What does Kapuscinski believe is the true cause of revolution?

2) Why does Kapuscinski refer to revolution as a "drama"?

3) Describe the two types of revolutions Kapuscinski defines.

Essay Topic 3

The Great Civilization was a central event in Iranian history.

1) Explain what the Great Civilization was. When did it occur? Who initiated it? What was its purpose?

2) How did Iran change as a result of the Great Civilization? Describe how military, industries, common people, etc., changed.

3) Why is the date of December 23, 1973, important in the history of the Great Civilization?

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