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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. In a quote on page 107, what was the name of the Emperor whose head would disappear?
(a) Justinian.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Tiberius.

2. After the peasant uprising, who wanted to gather loyal students and stage a demonstration?
(a) Prince Makonen.
(b) Prince Kassa.
(c) Prince Ezanas.
(d) Prince Menalik.

3. How many copies of the Ethiopian newspapers were printed?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 25,000.

4. 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) Stood with their faces to the wall.
(d) Kept a prone position until the parents finished eating.

5. When did the Emperor become the first monarch in the history of Ethiopia travel to another country?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were peasants doing to policemen?

2. What did "Z.S.-K" say could lead "one right to the noose"?

3. What was the name of a television documentary about the Ethiopian famine?

4. What did Makonen spend all his time and money doing?

5. Who led the Jailers faction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the soldiers in Eritrea want humane funerals?

3. How was the national budget divided?

4. Why did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors in the province of Sidamo?

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

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

7. What post did the Emperor assign to Germame?

8. How did the Emperor try to keep the people from thinking about the conditions in Ethiopia?

9. What did Mengistu say when he faced a court martial for his part in the coup with Germame?

10. How did foreign news correspondents obtain information about famine in the north of Ethiopia in 1973?

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