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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What low official in the Ministry of Information enjoyed access to the Emperor four times a week?

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

3. Who was the head of Palace Spies?

4. A low official in the Ministry of Information enjoyed access to the Emperor 4 times a week. How many times did his boss have access to the Emperor?

5. Who was the contractor who was overseeing the workers performing construction work in Addis Ababa in 1930?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the fetasha?

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

3. After the revolution, what happened to many of the people who had been people of the Palace?

4. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?

5. What was the background of the "personal people" in the palace, and what type of jobs did they hold?

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

7. Why did the Emperor have Tekele Wolda Hawariat beheaded?

8. How did the Emperor's visits to the provinces drain the treasury?

9. Where did the Imperial court used to be located before Addis Abab became the capital of the Empire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the 1960 coup and why it failed.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the process that the peasants had to use to petition the Emperor for justice. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss how the Emperor created his persona.

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