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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 do many wear white to protests during the revolution?

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

3. What two camps does the post-revolution government divide itself into?

4. What event starts the Iranian revolution?

5. Which animal causes an anti-police riot in an Iranian town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mahmud Azari sum up the psychological atmosphere in Iran, and its relationship to the modernization going on?

3. Who is Razak? Describe his circumstances.

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

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

6. Describe the paranoid fit that Azari suffers.

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

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

9. Describe the incident in which Azari is beaten.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Daguerreotypes," Kapuscinski uses photographs to help tell the story of the buildup to the revolution. What might this method be valuable, and why might Kapuscinski have chosen to do this? What can photographs convey that other modes of expression cannot? List two examples of photographs from the book, and how Kapuscinski uses them to reveal aspects of the people and events of the revolution.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the concept of "literary reportage" and why Kapuscinski's work might be said to be written in that style. What about the style, structure, content, etc., of Shah of Shahs lends itself to literary reportage? To what extent does Kapuscinski involve himself in his own work?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the extended metaphor Kapuscinski uses to describe the Shah and the Great Civilization. How does Kapuscinski get across the point of the Shah's failure and ignorance?

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