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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. On page 108, what was "M.S.'s" job?
(a) Protocol.
(b) Doorman.
(c) Mortarman.
(d) Requisitions.

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

3. How long did "G.S.-D" perform the job of placing a pillow under the Emperor's feet?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty-six years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty-one years.

4. What made one official more important than another in the Emperor's court?
(a) How much access the individual had to the Emperor's ear.
(b) How much wealth he had.
(c) How much authority his position wielded.
(d) How much education he had.

5. Who was the one person that the Emperor had difficulty believing had betrayed him during the coup?
(a) Dereji.
(b) Dibou.
(c) Workneh.
(d) Kassa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who denounced the rebels headed by Germame and had leaflets dropped by plane?

2. What trivial event organized by the American Peace Corps set off a revolution?

3. In a quote on page 107, what was the name of the Emperor whose head would disappear?

4. What was "F.U.-H.'s" job?

5. What did the Emperor do between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.?

(see the answer key)

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