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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. When was the Army-Police Hour held?
(a) Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
(b) Between 5 and 6 p.m.
(c) Between 8 and 9 p.m.
(d) Between 7 and 8 p.m.

2. What did children do while their parents were eating in the old days?
(a) Stood and watch their parents eat.
(b) Served their parents.
(c) Kept a prone position until the parents finished eating.
(d) Stood with their faces to the wall.

3. What was grown in the region where Germame held a government position?
(a) Pulses.
(b) Sorghum.
(c) Barley.
(d) Coffee.

4. Where did the Emperor travel in order to make an official cruise?
(a) Tigre.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Wello.
(d) Shewa.

5. What was the Emperor's father's name?
(a) Ezanas.
(b) Aphilas.
(c) Menelik.
(d) Makonen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "One often observes a fear of falling in people"?

2. In a quote on page 94, who could fall?

3. What was done with the bodies of insurgents?

4. What did lackeys do in the Palace after the coup?

5. Where did reports say that most of the murmurs and whispers were originating after the coup?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the national budget divided?

2. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

3. What had to be done to clean up the mess in the Palace after the coup ended?

4. What post did the Emperor assign to Germame?

5. Why did every hair on "F.U.-H.'s" head turn white?

6. What was an important and useful characteristic of the new appointees after the coup?

7. Describe what the mortar man, "M.S." did.

8. What did the people do to protect themselves from informers?

9. Describe Makonen.

10. How did the Emperor make it acceptable to raise the taxes the peasants had to pay?

(see the answer keys)

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