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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 made one official more important than another in the Emperor's court?

2. On page 11, what did the Emperor receive as a gift from the president of Uganda?

3. What unit has guns mounted next to the drivers' seats of their jeeps?

4. When was the Hour of the Supreme Court of Final Appeal held?

5. What was the previous location of the Imperial Court ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the fetasha?

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

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

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

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

6. What types of positions did the Emperor assign personally?

7. Why did a pillow have to be placed beneath the Emperor's feet when he was sitting on his throne?

8. How did the Emperor avoid paying the local masons who worked to construct the Imperial Palace?

9. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the famine in northern Ethiopia brought international condemnation.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the Emperor played factions against each other in order to secure the power of his throne. Use examples from the book.

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