Iranian Revolution - Quiz
A) Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari B) Mehdi Bazargan C) The Shah D) Mahmoud Taleghani
A) Monarchist B) Democratic, reformist Islamic C) Leftist Islamist D) Secular communist
A) Tudeh Party B) Fedaian guerrillas C) National Front D) People's Mujahedin
A) Clerical establishment B) Military leadership C) Urban middle class D) Rural peasantry
A) Adhere to the Iranian Constitution of 1906 B) Implement Marxist reforms C) Establish a theocracy D) Step down immediately for Khomeini
A) The Fedaian guerrillas B) The Tudeh Party C) The clergy D) Constitutionalist liberals
A) Tudeh Party of Iran and the Fedaian guerrillas B) Constitutionalist liberals C) People's Mujahedin and National Front D) Islamic Freedom Movement and National Front
A) The Islamic Freedom Movement B) The National Front C) The Fedaian guerrillas D) The constitutionalist liberals
A) National Front B) Tudeh Party C) People's Mujahedin D) Fedaian guerrillas
A) Atheistic Marxist B) Conservative clerical C) Leftist Islamist D) Secular democratic
A) As progressive B) As democratic C) As essential for leadership D) As reactionary
A) Mahmoud Taleghani B) Mehdi Bazargan C) Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari D) Ruhollah Khomeini
A) Ruhollah Khomeini B) Mahmoud Taleghani C) Mehdi Bazargan D) Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
A) Remained aloof from politics B) Actively supported Khomeini C) Supported the Shah D) Led communist guerrillas
A) A strict theocracy B) The Shah's constitution C) Marxist-Leninist rule D) A democratic revolution
A) Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari B) Mahmoud Taleghani C) Mehdi Bazargan D) Himself
A) Atheistic Marxists B) Constitutionalist liberals C) Leftist Islamists D) Secular nationalists
A) Military strategy B) Establishing a clerical constitution C) Promoting Western ideals D) Socio-economic problems of the Shah's government
A) Corruption and unequal income and development B) Excessive spending on education C) Lack of foreign investment and tourism D) Overpopulation in rural areas
A) Western imperialists demanded secrecy B) The Shah banned public speeches C) It might divide the factions D) He had no clear plans
A) His plan for clerical rule B) His plan for military alliances C) His plan for a democratic republic D) His plan for land reform
A) Because of traditional Persian values B) As a result of a propaganda campaign by Western imperialists C) Due to the Shah's economic policies D) Because of communist influence
A) They joined the Tudeh Party B) They were appointed to government positions C) They were suppressed by his movement D) They fled to Western countries immediately
A) Deception B) Foreign interference C) Financial ruin D) Lack of military support
A) The 1906 Constitution B) The Shah's government C) Anti-Shah unity D) Alliance with Western imperialists
A) 1921–1941 B) 1941–1951 C) 1925–1935 D) 1905–1911
A) Niqab B) Cossack C) Chador D) Majlis
A) General Reza Khan B) Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi C) Ahmad Shah D) Ahmad Qavam
A) Red Army B) British Allied Troops C) Persian Cossack Brigade D) Tudeh Party
A) Qajar dynasty B) Soviet dynasty C) Pahlavi dynasty D) Constitutional dynasty
A) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi B) Abdul-Karim Ha'eri C) Ahmad Qavam D) Ahmad Shah
A) Niqab B) Cossack C) Tudeh D) Majlis
A) Niqab B) Chador C) Military uniform D) Western suit
A) 1935 B) 1941 C) 1946 D) 1921
A) Reza Shah B) Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi C) Ahmad Qavam D) Ayatollah Khomeini
A) The future Ayatollah Khomeini B) Ahmad Shah C) General Reza Khan D) Mohammad Reza Shah
A) 1951 B) February 1921 C) June 1946 D) 1935
A) Ahmad Shah B) Reza Khan C) Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi D) Ahmad Qavam
A) 1953 B) 1963 C) 1979 D) 1964
A) The Tehran Petroleum Corporation B) The Persian Gulf Energy Company C) The Imperial Oil Enterprise D) The Anglo-Persian Oil Company
A) 1953 B) 1977 C) 1964 D) 1979
A) October 1977 B) August 1978 C) February 1979 D) January 1979
A) The Tehran Mosque bombing B) The Cinema Rex fire C) The Abadan oil refinery strike D) The Black Friday massacre
A) SAVAK B) CIA C) MI6 D) Velâyat
A) 1 February 1979 B) 19 August 1978 C) 16 January 1979 D) 11 February 1979
A) Shapour Bakhtiar B) Ayatollah Shariatmadari C) Mohammad Mossadegh D) Ruhollah Khomeini
A) 1 February 1979 B) 1 March 1979 C) 16 January 1979 D) 11 February 1979
A) 16 January 1979 B) 1 February 1979 C) 11 February 1979 D) December 1979
A) 98% B) 88% C) 75% D) 50%
A) December 1979 B) February 1979 C) January 1979 D) March 1979
A) Imperial Sovereignty B) Sharia Modernism C) Secular Autocracy D) Velâyat-e Faqih
A) Secular dictators B) Western monarchs C) Sunni leaders D) Shia leaders
A) Shia militancy B) Communist guerrilla warfare C) Sunni militancy D) Secular nationalist insurgencies
A) A completely non-industrial program B) An overly ambitious economic program C) A restrictive socialist program D) A strictly agricultural-focused program
A) A complete collapse of the banking sector B) A short, sharp economic contraction C) A sudden doubling of oil revenues D) A massive hyperinflation spike
A) The United States B) France C) Great Britain D) Germany
A) Jimmy Carter B) Richard Nixon C) John F. Kennedy D) Gerald Ford
A) A human rights policy B) A free trade policy C) A military non-intervention policy D) An open borders policy
A) Wahhabi B) Shi'a C) Sunni D) Sufi
A) Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib B) The Shi'a Imam Husayn ibn Ali C) The Prophet Muhammad D) Nasir al-Din Shah
A) Husayn's foe, the hated tyrant Yazid I B) The neutral bystander C) The wise advisor to the Caliph D) Husayn's loyal military general
A) The secular academics B) The Shi'a clergy (ulama) C) The Western diplomats D) The military generals
A) With the 1953 Iranian coup d'état B) With the 1891 Tobacco protest C) With the 1977 economic contraction D) With the 1973 oil revenue windfall
A) 20 March 1953 B) 20 March 1973 C) 20 March 1891 D) 20 March 1890
A) 25 years B) 100 years C) 50 years D) 10 years
A) Over 200,000 people B) Over 50,000 people C) Over 1,000,000 people D) Over 10,000 people
A) Nasir al-Din Shah B) Mirza Hasan Shirazi C) Ayatollah Khomeini D) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
A) Increased the length of the concession to 100 years B) Cancelled the concession C) Imprisoned British Major G. F. Talbot D) Abolished the Shi'a clergy
A) Middle class B) Extreme wealth C) Nomadic D) Poverty
A) Der Spiegel B) Frankfurter Neue Presse C) Le Monde D) The Times
A) John F. Kennedy B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Harry S. Truman
A) A coup B) A naval blockade C) A trade agreement D) Direct negotiations
A) Woodrow Wilson B) Harry S. Truman C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Herbert Hoover
A) Allen Dulles B) Dean Acheson C) George Marshall D) John Foster Dulles
A) John Foster Dulles B) Allen Dulles C) Winston Churchill D) J. Edgar Hoover
A) Operation Ajax was not named in the text; wait, Operation Ajax *is* the name. B) Operation Desert Storm C) Operation Ajax D) Operation Persian Freedom
A) Mao Zedong winning the Chinese Civil War B) The establishment of Taiwan C) The Boxer Rebellion D) The Long March
A) 19 August 1970 B) 15 August 1979 C) 15 August 1953 D) 19 August 1953
A) The United Kingdom B) France C) The United States D) Italy
A) August 19 B) September 1 C) August 15 D) July 19
A) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi B) Fazlollah Zahedi C) The Shah himself D) Ayatollah Khomeini
A) Around 40 percent B) Around 10 percent C) Around 75 percent D) Around 100 percent
A) The KGB B) The CIA C) MI6 D) The United Nations
A) The national Iranian oil company B) The Iranian parliament C) The royal guard D) Iran's infamous secret police
A) 1953 B) 1963 C) 1979 D) 1971
A) Privatization of forests B) Establishment of a theocracy C) Land reform D) Abolition of the monarchy
A) Landlords B) Women C) Clerics D) Foreign diplomats
A) Military corps B) Science corps C) Agricultural corps D) Literacy corps
A) Stock-ownership schemes B) Early-retirement schemes C) Profit-sharing schemes D) Mandatory savings schemes
A) Westernization B) Traditionalization C) Sovietization D) Isolationism
A) Foreign corporations B) Industrial workers C) Landlords D) Students
A) A wise and just monarch B) A champion of Islam C) A wretched, miserable man D) A brilliant reformer
A) 15,000 B) 500 C) 32 D) 5,000
A) Three days B) Two years C) Fifteen years D) Eight months
A) Tax exemptions B) Voting rights C) Military command D) Capitulations
A) Paris, France B) Cairo, Egypt C) Najaf, Iraq D) Beirut, Lebanon
A) Sharia law B) Neither East, nor West C) Velayat-e faqih D) Gharbzadegi
A) Liberal capitalism B) Islam C) Communism D) Westernization
A) Ali Shariati B) Jalal Al-e-Ahmad C) Mohammad Beheshti D) Morteza Motahhari
A) Foreign non-believers B) Proponents of liberal capitalism C) Westernized secular elites D) Traditional businessmen (bazaari) |
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