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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Third Division stationed during all the strikes and rebellions?
(a) Ginir.
(b) Ogaden.
(c) Harshin.
(d) Dire Dawa.

2. When was the Army-Police Hour held?
(a) Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
(b) Between 8 and 9 p.m.
(c) Between 7 and 8 p.m.
(d) Between 5 and 6 p.m.

3. What was the last year of the Emperor's reign?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

4. In what province did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors?
(a) Kaffa.
(b) Sidamo.
(c) Arsi.
(d) Bale.

5. What was the last day of the coup headed by Germame?
(a) December 16.
(b) December 29.
(c) December 31.
(d) December 12.

6. What did the Emperor do as a child to show humility to his father?
(a) Kiss his father's shoes.
(b) Bow when his father entered a room.
(c) Walk backwards when leaving a room where his father was.
(d) Wash his father's feet.

7. Where was Germame sent when the Emperor heard about his land giveaways?
(a) Welega.
(b) Jijiga.
(c) Gojam.
(d) Bale.

8. Where did the Emperor travel in order to make an official cruise?
(a) Shewa.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Wello.
(d) Tigre.

9. When does "F.U.-H." say that the end of the Empire began?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1970.

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

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

12. What was "F.U.-H.'s" job?
(a) Officer in the Ministry of Security.
(b) Officer in the Ministry of Ceremonies.
(c) Officer in the Ministry of Information.
(d) Officer in the Ministry of Education.

13. When did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

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

15. What did lackeys do in the Palace after the coup?
(a) Swept up broken glass.
(b) Took down torn and partly burned curtains.
(c) Sanded soaked-in bloodstains from the parquet.
(d) Cleaned the floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What television journalist came to Ethiopia in 1973?

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

3. After the coup, who grumbled when the "personal people" began to fill the Palace offices?

4. What student leader died in a demonstration held by the students after the peasant uprising?

5. What division rebelled in Eritrea?

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