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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who led the Jailers faction?
(a) Tenene Work.
(b) Mihret Bogalech.
(c) Nigist Ken.
(d) Abebech Alem.

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

4. How many people lived in Ethiopia in 1973?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 15 million.

5. Where were soldiers from who arrested General Abebe?
(a) Gode.
(b) Afdega.
(c) Gabas.
(d) Baadlei.

6. Who said, "One often observes a fear of falling in people"?
(a) Rochette and Lysacek.
(b) Kulik and Urmanov.
(c) Plushenko and Yagadin.
(d) Osinski and Starosta.

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

8. When some complained about development, what did they say that some of the people could not afford?
(a) To feed their children.
(b) To buy new clothing.
(c) To buy land.
(d) A pair of shoes.

9. What was Makonen's position in the government?
(a) Minister of Development.
(b) Minister of Industry and Commerce.
(c) Minister of Information.
(d) Minister of Security.

10. When was a demonstration held by students after the peasant uprising?
(a) The beginning of 1970.
(b) The beginning of 1969.
(c) The end of 1969.
(d) The end of 1970.

11. Who did the Emperor raise to the post of premier after all the strikes and rebellions?
(a) Abebe.
(b) Endelkachew.
(c) Akililu.
(d) Deresa.

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

13. Where did the Emperor's grandson flee when the navy rebelled?
(a) Hargeysa.
(b) Addis Ababa.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Djibouti.

14. How many copies of the Ethiopian newspapers were printed?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 25 million.

15. Which of the Emperor's family members also enjoyed traveling abroad?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Germame sent when the Emperor heard about his land giveaways?

2. Why did taxi drivers go on strike?

3. What was Germame's brother's position in the government?

4. What was the last day of the coup headed by Germame?

5. What misfortune happened to "Z.S.-K"?

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