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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. How many people served on a revolutionary council established by Germame?

2. Besides students, who else died in a demonstration the students held after the peasant uprising?

3. What student leader died in a demonstration held by the students after the peasant uprising?

4. Where were soldiers from who arrested General Abebe?

5. What did the soldiers of Eritrea want?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was the national budget divided?

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

5. According to "G.O.-E," why must the Emperor have gone to bed after the coup never knowing if he would wake in the morning?

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

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

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

9. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

10. Why did everyone especially wish to travel with the Emperor when he was visiting a foreign country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the atmosphere that permeated the Empire after the 1960 coup.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why there was a connection between sadness and thinking that could lead to discontent within the Empire.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why it was dangerous for Kapuscinski to conduct interviews about the Empire.

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