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  • 1. When did Syria join with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic?
A) 11 February 1958
B) 14 February 1958
C) 14 July 1958
D) 1 February 1958
  • 2. Which country did not recognize the United Arab Republic initially?
A) Kuwait
B) Britain
C) Iraq
D) Jordan
  • 3. Who was the King of Jordan at the time of the formation of the Arab Federation?
A) Abd al-Ilah
B) King Hussein bin Talal
C) Abdul-Karim Qasim
D) Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi
  • 4. On what date was the Arab Hashemite Union declared?
A) 1 February 1958
B) 14 July 1958
C) 14 February 1958
D) 11 February 1958
  • 5. What is another name for the Arab Hashemite Union?
A) Front of National Union
B) Supreme Committee of Free Officers
C) Arab Federation
D) United Arab Republic
  • 6. Which country originally planned to join the Arab Federation but faced opposition from Britain?
A) Kuwait
B) Syria
C) Egypt
D) France
  • 7. Who became the head of state and head of the Union Government of the Arab Federation?
A) Faisal
B) Abd al-Ilah
C) Abdul-Karim Qasim
D) King Hussein
  • 8. In Faisal's absence, who would head the Union Government?
A) Abd al-Ilah
B) Abdul-Karim Qasim
C) Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi
D) Hussein
  • 9. In which year did Faisal's political situation deteriorate due to uprisings in Najaf and Hayy?
A) 1956
B) 1955
C) 1957
D) 1958
  • 10. Which country's nationalization of the Suez Canal led to an attack by Israel, Britain, and France?
A) Egypt
B) Syria
C) Jordan
D) Iraq
  • 11. What pact's unpopularity was exacerbated by the Suez Crisis and subsequent attacks?
A) United Arab Republic
B) Front of National Union
C) Arab Federation
D) Baghdad Pact
  • 12. When was the 'Front of National Union' established?
A) February 1958
B) February 1957
C) 1956
D) July 1958
  • 13. Which political parties or groups were part of the Front of National Union?
A) National Democrats, Independents, Communists, and the Ba'ath Party
B) National Democrats and British Loyalists
C) Royal Guards and Free Officers
D) Only the Ba'ath Party and Communists
  • 14. What military group was formed within the Iraqi officer corps mirroring the political opposition?
A) Union Government
B) Supreme Committee of Free Officers
C) Royal Guard
D) Royal Iraqi Army
  • 15. During which crisis did King Hussein of Jordan ask for Iraqi military assistance?
A) Najaf uprisings
B) 14 July Revolution
C) Suez Crisis
D) Lebanon crisis
  • 16. Which military commander led the units of the Royal Iraqi Army that marched on Baghdad instead of Jordan?
A) King Hussein
B) Colonel Abdul-Karim Qasim
C) Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi
D) Abd al-Ilah
  • 17. When did the coup d'état of the 14 July Revolution take place?
A) 1 February 1958
B) 14 February 1958
C) 14 July 1958
D) February 1957
  • 18. What order did Faisal II give to the Royal Guard during the 14 July Revolution?
A) To counterattack the Ministry of Defence
B) To offer no resistance
C) To flee to Jordan
D) To defend the palace at all costs
  • 19. Who led the revolutionary assault group at the Rihab Palace?
A) Colonel Abdul-Karim Qasim
B) Abd al-Ilah
C) Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi
D) King Hussein
  • 20. What was the name of the principal royal residence in central Baghdad where the royal family was gathered?
A) Ministry of Defence
B) Royal Palace
C) Baghdad Palace
D) Rihab Palace
  • 21. Who was 'Abd al-Ilah's wife?
A) Crown Princess Hiyam
B) Faisal's aunt
C) Princess Abadiya
D) Princess Nafeesa
  • 22. Who was 'Abd al-Ilah's mother?
A) Princess Nafeesa
B) Crown Princess Hiyam
C) Princess Abadiya
D) Faisal's aunt
  • 23. Who was Faisal's aunt present at the palace during the attack?
A) None
B) Crown Princess Hiyam
C) Princess Nafeesa
D) Princess Abadiya
  • 24. Through which part of the palace did the royal family and staff attempt to leave?
A) Kitchen
B) The roof
C) Main front gates
D) The newly completed Royal Palace
  • 25. Where were the royal family members shot by rebel soldiers?
A) Kitchen garden
B) Palace courtyard
C) Ministry of Defence
D) Rihab Palace gates
  • 26. Where was King Faisal II shot?
A) In the back
B) In the leg or hip
C) He was not shot
D) In the head and neck
  • 27. Who among the royal family members survived the massacre?
A) Princess Abadiya
B) Princess Hiyam
C) Princess Nafeesa
D) King Faisal II
  • 28. Where was the royal group being transported in cars when the King reportedly died?
A) Rihab Palace
B) The newly completed Royal Palace
C) Jordan
D) Ministry of Defence
  • 29. What happened to the King's body after the cars were stopped?
A) It was dragged through the streets
B) It was hanged
C) It was buried immediately
D) It was sent to Jordan
  • 30. Whose body was defiled and dragged through the streets?
A) The Crown Prince
B) King Faisal II
C) Colonel Abdul-Karim Qasim
D) Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi
  • 31. When was Faisal II born?
A) 2 May 1935
B) 14 July 1953
C) 14 July 1958
D) 4 April 1939
  • 32. How long did the Hashemite monarchy last in Iraq before it ended?
A) Ten years
B) Thirty-seven years
C) Fifty years
D) Twenty years
  • 33. At what age did Faisal II accede to the throne?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 34. What event happened in 1941 regarding the regency?
A) The regency ended permanently
B) Faisal took full control of the government
C) The monarchy was abolished
D) A pro-Axis coup d'état overthrew the regent
  • 35. Where was Faisal evacuated during the Second World War?
A) Egypt
B) France
C) United Kingdom
D) United States
  • 36. Which school did Faisal attend alongside his cousin Hussein?
A) Harrow School
B) Sandroyd School
C) Grove Lodge
D) Royal Al-Rehab Palace
  • 37. When did the regency officially end for Faisal II?
A) April 1939
B) July 1958
C) May 1953
D) February 1958
  • 38. What medical condition did Faisal II suffer from?
A) Malaria
B) Tuberculosis
C) Diabetes
D) Asthma
  • 39. Which forces restored the regent 'Abd al-Ilah to power after the 1941 coup?
A) Only the Royal Air Force
B) The United States Army
C) The Egyptian monarchy
D) A combined Allied force
  • 40. How many drawings by Faisal were recently put on display at Iraq's National Archives?
A) 200
B) 100
C) 50
D) 143
  • 41. What mediums did Faisal use for his surviving drawings?
A) Pencil or crayon
B) Oil paint and canvas
C) Ink and parchment
D) Watercolors
  • 42. How old was Faisal when he began plans to visit the United States in 1952?
A) 17
B) 19
C) 15
D) 21
  • 43. Which specific US projects were of particular interest to King Faisal?
A) Railway systems
B) Space exploration
C) Irrigation projects
D) Highway construction
  • 44. On what date did Faisal begin his five-week tour of the United States?
A) 1 September, 1952
B) 16 August, 1952
C) 12 July, 1952
D) 12 August, 1952
  • 45. Where did Faisal arrive on the Hudson River?
A) Boston
B) Philadelphia
C) Washington, D.C.
D) New York
  • 46. Which famous building did Faisal tour the day after arriving in New York?
A) Chrysler Building
B) Rockefeller Center
C) Empire State Building
D) Woolworth Building
  • 47. Who was the Mayor of New York City who held a reception for Faisal at City Hall?
A) Vincent R. Impellitteri
B) William O'Dwyer
C) Robert Wagner Jr.
D) Fiorello La Guardia
  • 48. What sports venue did Faisal visit to attend a game after City Hall?
A) Fenway Park
B) Yankee Stadium
C) Polo Grounds
D) Ebbets Field
  • 49. Which baseball team did Faisal famously support during the game?
A) New York Giants
B) Boston Red Sox
C) New York Yankees
D) Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 50. How did Faisal eventually learn to tell the two baseball teams apart?
A) By reading the scoreboard
B) His aide told him the names were written on the players' clothes
C) By asking the umpire
D) By looking at the color of their hats
  • 51. What entertainment venue in New York did Faisal tour in the days following the baseball game?
A) Broadway Theatre
B) Carnegie Hall
C) Metropolitan Opera House
D) Radio City Music Hall
  • 52. Which oil company did Faisal tour during his visit?
A) Standard Oil
B) Texaco
C) Shell
D) Esso Oil Company
  • 53. From which airport did Faisal depart to travel to Washington, D.C.?
A) LaGuardia Airport
B) Ronald Reagan Airport
C) Newark Airport
D) JFK Airport
  • 54. Which US President did Faisal meet in Washington, D.C.?
A) Harry Truman
B) John Kennedy
C) Dwight Eisenhower
D) Franklin Roosevelt
  • 55. Which prominent US political figure did Faisal meet during his tour, alongside President Truman?
A) John Foster Dulles
B) Henry Kissinger
C) Dean Acheson
D) George Marshall
  • 56. Which actor did Faisal meet during his time in the United States?
A) James Mason
B) John Wayne
C) Cary Grant
D) Humphrey Bogart
  • 57. Which famous athlete did Faisal meet during his US tour?
A) Jesse Owens
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Joe DiMaggio
D) Babe Ruth
  • 58. How long was Faisal's scheduled tour of the United States?
A) Six months
B) Five weeks
C) Three months
D) Two weeks
  • 59. In what year was the Baghdad Pact signed?
A) 1952
B) 1955
C) 1953
D) 1948
  • 60. How many members consisted in the semiautonomous Development Board created by Faisal?
A) Six members
B) Twelve members
C) Four members
D) Ten members
  • 61. Who designed the faculty tower and gateway monument to Baghdad University?
A) Werner March
B) Le Corbusier
C) Walter Gropius
D) Alvar Aalto
  • 62. Which German architect received a commission for the Iraq Museum?
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Werner March
C) William Dunkel
D) J. Brian Cooper
  • 63. Which English firm was commissioned to build the National Parliament and the Royal Palace?
A) Iraq Petroleum Company
B) British Board of Trade
C) J. Brian Cooper
D) Development Board
  • 64. Who won the architect competition for the National Bank?
A) Alvar Aalto
B) Le Corbusier
C) William Dunkel
D) Werner March
  • 65. Who designed the Baghdad Gymnasium, built decades later under Saddam Hussein?
A) J. Brian Cooper
B) Walter Gropius
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Le Corbusier
  • 66. Who was invited by Faisal to design much of Newer Baghdad?
A) Alvar Aalto
B) William Dunkel
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Werner March
  • 67. What public building was visited by Faisal along with scholars and notables of Baghdad on TV?
A) al-Shawy Mosque
B) National Parliament
C) Baghdad University
D) Iraq Museum
  • 68. Who was the General and veteran politician who served several terms as Prime Minister?
A) Gamal Abdel Nasser
B) William Dunkel
C) Nuri al-Sa'id
D) 'Abd al-Ilah
  • 69. What did reformists increasingly see as their sole hope for improvement due to upper-class control of parliament?
A) Revolution
B) Economic inequality
C) Pan-Arab nationalism
D) The Baghdad Pact
  • 70. Who was Safa Khulusi?
A) A Belgian comic creator
B) A military general
C) An Iraqi historian
D) An Egyptian prince
  • 71. What reason did Al-Ibousi give Khulusi for his part in Faisal's death?
A) He wanted to start a new regime
B) He was defending himself from an attack
C) He remembered Palestine
D) He was following direct orders from Saddam Hussein
  • 72. Who was Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi's father?
A) Safa Khulusi
B) Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
C) Prince Muhammad 'Ali Ibrahim
D) King Abdullah I
  • 73. In what language was Faisal II's book written?
A) Arabic
B) French
C) Persian
D) English
  • 74. When was Faisal II's book published?
A) 1958
B) 1957
C) 1945
D) 1951
  • 75. How many copies of his book did Faisal initially print?
A) 50 copies
B) 10 copies
C) 100 copies
D) 1,000 copies
  • 76. Who has been suggested as the creator inspired by young Faisal?
A) Safa Khulusi
B) Saddam Hussein
C) Hergé
D) Al-Ibousi
  • 77. What is the nationality of the comic creator Hergé?
A) Egyptian
B) Belgian
C) Jordanian
D) Iraqi
  • 78. In which volume of The Adventures of Tintin does Prince Abdullah appear?
A) The last volume
B) The tenth volume
C) The first volume
D) The fifteenth volume
  • 79. Along with Faisal, whose footage was shown in The Rock 'n' Roll Years episode '1958'?
A) Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
B) Safa Khulusi
C) Abd al-Ilah
D) King Abdullah I
  • 80. What honorary rank did Faisal hold in the Royal Air Force?
A) Air Vice-Marshal
B) Marshal
C) Admiral of the Fleet
D) Field Marshal
  • 81. In which country is Martyr Faisal II College located?
A) Iraq
B) Belgium
C) Egypt
D) Jordan
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