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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Collapse, Pages 107 - 120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other group of people are as silent as the Ethiopians?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Swedes.
(c) British.
(d) Dutch.

2. Who was the leader of the aristocrats?
(a) Prince Bransa.
(b) Prince Mansa.
(c) Prince Cessa.
(d) Prince Kassa.

3. What did the author say ran wild in Addis Ababa?
(a) Goats.
(b) Horses.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

4. After the coup, what group began to grumble and speak unreasonably and insultingly against the Palace?
(a) The students.
(b) The ministers.
(c) The aristocrats.
(d) The peasants.

5. What was hauled off in trucks after the coup?
(a) Weapons and ammunition.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Heaps of broken furniture and boxes full of empty shells.
(d) Glass from broken windows and mirrors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a book that had a passage describing the Emperor's coronation in 1930?

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

3. How many times did the Emperor visit a Palace in the Ogaden Desert?

4. When the flagship Ethiopia was out of service, what ship did the Emperor take instead for his cruise?

5. In 1963, what meal did the foreign news correspondents share with the Emperor?

(see the answer key)

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