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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who led the Talkers faction?
(a) Ezana.
(b) Ebn Melek.
(c) Endubis.
(d) Mikael Imru.

2. What was Germame's brother's position in the government?
(a) Chief of the Imperial Guard.
(b) Chief of Information.
(c) Chief of Security.
(d) Chief of the Palace Guard.

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

4. How long did the tumultuous conflict last between the Palace and the university?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Eleven years.

5. Where was the television journalist from who visited Ethiopia in 1973?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Hamburg.

6. Where was the Third Division stationed during all the strikes and rebellions?
(a) Harshin.
(b) Dire Dawa.
(c) Ginir.
(d) Ogaden.

7. How many people served on a revolutionary council established by Germame?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-seven.

8. What were peasants doing to policemen?
(a) Hanging them.
(b) Running them out of town.
(c) Ambushing them.
(d) Bashing in their skills.

9. After the coup, who grumbled when the "personal people" began to fill the Palace offices?
(a) The aristocrats.
(b) Crown Council.
(c) The head of the Palace guards.
(d) The Security Office.

10. Who denounced the rebels headed by Germame and had leaflets dropped by plane?
(a) Patriarch Basilios.
(b) Patriarch Nevena.
(c) Patriarch Martinas.
(d) Patriarch Callista.

11. In what province did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors?
(a) Sidamo.
(b) Bale.
(c) Kaffa.
(d) Arsi.

12. How many years did "F.U.-H.'s" have his government job?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

13. What television journalist came to Ethiopia in 1973?
(a) Jonathan Dimbleby.
(b) David Brigham.
(c) Nathan Wimbledon.
(d) Brian Wescott.

14. In a quote on page 94, who could fall?
(a) Tightrope walkers.
(b) Competitive dancers.
(c) Hockey players.
(d) Competitive figure skaters.

15. What was the last year of the Emperor's reign?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were soldiers from who arrested General Abebe?

2. After the coup, what group began to grumble and speak unreasonably and insultingly against the Palace?

3. When had the Emperor come to power through a conspiracy?

4. When did the Emperor become the first monarch in the history of Ethiopia travel to another country?

5. Which was the first group to ask to be rewarded for their part in halting the coup?

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