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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit has guns mounted next to the drivers' seats of their jeeps?
(a) Second Division.
(b) Third Division.
(c) First Division.
(d) Fourth Division.

2. Who was the contractor who was overseeing the workers performing construction work in Addis Ababa in 1930?
(a) An Italian.
(b) An Armenian.
(c) A Swede.
(d) A Russian.

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

4. Where were prisoners kept before the capital was established at Addis Ababa?
(a) Chained together under a rough shelter.
(b) In a black tent.
(c) In huts.
(d) In a red tent.

5. What did the Emperor wear to dispense justice?
(a) Purple robe.
(b) Black robe.
(c) Blue robe.
(d) Red robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Prince Imru do to earn disfavor with the Emperor?

2. What other group of people are as silent as the Ethiopians?

3. How much did it cost to bring a singer to sing for African leaders in 1963?

4. What book described the Emperor's coronation in 1930?

5. What dollar amount required approval from the Emperor before making an expenditure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to get Prince Imru exiled for 20 years?

2. How would the Emperor attempt to give money to the masses?

3. What was the advantage for the Emperor of only receiving verbal reports with nothing written down?

4. On page 47, why was "G.H.-M." called cuckoo behind his back?

5. How did Haile Selassie dispense judgment?

6. What punishments did the Emperor abolish at the beginning of his reign?

7. What was Addis Ababa like in 1963?

8. Why was it an art for a footman to open and close doors for the Emperor?

9. What types of positions did the Emperor assign personally?

10. How did the Emperor avoid paying the local masons who worked to construct the Imperial Palace?

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