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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: It's Coming, It's Coming, Pages 88 - 103.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was hauled off in trucks after the coup?
(a) Heaps of broken furniture and boxes full of empty shells.
(b) Glass from broken windows and mirrors.
(c) Weapons and ammunition.
(d) Dead bodies.

2. What would the guards do when the Emperor left the capital?
(a) Spruced up their uniforms.
(b) Chained the gates and inspected weapons.
(c) Chained the gates and slept under the trees.
(d) Worked on military drills.

3. Where were birds being observed in the quote at the beginning of the book?
(a) Henhouse.
(b) Forest.
(c) Pond.
(d) Mountains.

4. Who wrote a book that had a passage describing the Emperor's coronation in 1930?
(a) Day Lewis.
(b) Storm Jameson.
(c) Evelyn Waugh.
(d) Erif Der.

5. How many of the men the Emperor trusted implicitly participated in the coup?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. When would the Emperor arrive at the Old Palace?

2. What was "Z.S.-K.'s" son's name?

3. What type of groves surrounded Addis Ababa in 1963?

4. In what province did the peasants rebel?

5. How many different pillows did "G.S.-D" have available to use to place under the Emperor's feet?

(see the answer key)

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