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