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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ministers would be favored by the Emperor?
(a) Those who did not have quick wit or perspicacity.
(b) Those who were quick of wit and perspicacity.
(c) Those with wealth.
(d) Those who had been educated abroad.

2. On page 11, what did the Emperor receive as a gift from the president of Uganda?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Anteater.
(c) Hippo.
(d) Buffalo.

3. Where were some of those who used to live at the Palace hiding in disguise?
(a) In cloisters.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In their homes.

4. What automobile did the Emperor prize for its dignified lines?
(a) Mercedes-Benz.
(b) Rolls-Royce.
(c) Lincoln Continental.
(d) Volvo.

5. How many times did the Emperor visit a Palace in the Ogaden Desert?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

6. On page 37, what was "I.B.'s" job?
(a) Protocol official.
(b) Purse bearer.
(c) Footman.
(d) Doorman.

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

8. Who wrote a book that had a passage describing the Emperor's coronation in 1930?
(a) Storm Jameson.
(b) Evelyn Waugh.
(c) Erif Der.
(d) Day Lewis.

9. How old was the Emperor when he became heir to the throne?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Thirty-four.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Twenty-two.

10. Why did "G.S.-D" have to monitor the storage of the pillows?
(a) To make sure they wre always clean.
(b) To make sure there were not rips or tears.
(c) To make sure fleas did not breed in the pillows.
(d) To masure sure that mice did not nest in the pillows.

11. Who published the Emperor's autobiography?
(a) Prometheus Books.
(b) Ullendorff.
(c) Crown.
(d) New Century Press.

12. When would the Emperor arrive at the Old Palace?
(a) 10:00 a.m
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 8:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

13. What was the job of "A.M.-M"?
(a) Cook.
(b) Garbage hauler.
(c) Keeper of the third door.
(d) Butler.

14. In what hotel did Kapuscinski meet Teferra soon after the Emperor was deposed?
(a) Hotel Harar.
(b) Hotel Asela.
(c) Hotel Gambela.
(d) Hotel Ras.

15. What amounts might ministers come to the Emperor asking for approval?
(a) $4.
(b) $2.
(c) $1.
(d) $3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of Palace Spies?

2. From what ethnic group was Teferra Gebrewold?

3. On page 47, what did "G.H.-M." say his nickname was at the Palace?

4. Where were birds being observed in the quote at the beginning of the book?

5. What did the Emperor wear to dispense justice?

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