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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Collapse, Pages 120 - 138.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What student leader died in a demonstration held by the students after the peasant uprising?
(a) Tilahum Gizaw.
(b) Woza Ginara.
(c) Wene Birini.
(d) Teke Malana.

2. What did the Palace servants do when the Emperor was away from the Palace?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Laundry.

3. In the 1930s, who invaded Ethiopia?
(a) Italy.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Chad.

4. Where did reports say that most of the murmurs and whispers were originating after the coup?
(a) The university.
(b) The peasants.
(c) The aristocrats.
(d) The army.

5. From which of the palace factions were positions like Minister of the Pen or political police filled?
(a) Bureaucrats.
(b) Personal people.
(c) Landowners.
(d) Aristocrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were birds being observed in the quote at the beginning of the book?

2. What unit has guns mounted next to the drivers' seats of their jeeps?

3. According to Section 1, Pages 49-56, what hour began at 11 a.m. and ended at noon?

4. How much of a money bag might the Emperor be able to empty before riots would break out?

5. When did the peasants rebel?

(see the answer key)

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