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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. According to "M," which plebian wielded a great deal of power in the last days of the Emperor's reign?
(a) Giyorgis.
(b) Aklilu.
(c) Makonen.
(d) Safo.

2. What did the Palace children do when the Emperor left the Palace?
(a) Picked flowers from the lawn.
(b) Played ball on the lawn.
(c) Grazed goats on the lawn.
(d) Flew kites.

3. What were the criteria that the Emperor used when making appointments for various jobs?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Talent.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Family connections.

4. What was the name of the Minister of the Pen who was demoted?
(a) Balcha Safo.
(b) Ras Tafari.
(c) Tafari Makonnen.
(d) Walde Giyorgis.

5. From which of the palace factions were positions like Minister of the Pen or political police filled?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) Bureaucrats.
(c) Landowners.
(d) Personal people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lived in Addis Ababa in 1963?

2. What was Yelma Deresa's position in the government?

3. Why was Tekele Wolda Hawariat beheaded?

4. According to "Y.M.", who was the Emperor's only teacher?

5. What was the title of the Emperor's autobiography?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?

2. How did Haile Selassie dispense judgment?

3. In 1963, what did Kapuscinski see when he went outside to find a quiet place at the African leaders' reception?

4. How was justice dispensed in the itinerant period of the Empire?

5. On page 47, why was "G.H.-M." called cuckoo behind his back?

6. What punishments did the Emperor abolish at the beginning of his reign?

7. What happened when the Emperor brought the first airplane from Europe in the twenties?

8. What was the fetasha?

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

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

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