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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was wrong with the flagship Ethiopia?
(a) One engine would not start.
(b) None of the engines would start.
(c) The ship had been sabotaged.
(d) There was a small fire on board.

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

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

5. After the coup, what group began to grumble and speak unreasonably and insultingly against the Palace?
(a) The peasants.
(b) The students.
(c) The aristocrats.
(d) The ministers.

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

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

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

9. What position did the Emperor give Germame?
(a) Governor of a a region in Eritrea.
(b) Governor of a region in Sidamo.
(c) Governor of a region in Wello.
(d) Governor of a region in Kaffa.

10. What was "Z.S.-K.'s" son's name?
(a) Desta.
(b) Bekele.
(c) Hailu.
(d) Hagos.

11. Where did the Emperor travel in late 1960?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Peru.
(d) Brazil.

12. In the 1930s, who invaded Ethiopia?
(a) Chad.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Italy.
(d) Egypt.

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

14. When had the Emperor come to power through a conspiracy?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1941.

15. What was the name of a television documentary about the Ethiopian famine?
(a) The Famine of 1973.
(b) Ethiopia: The Unknown Famine.
(c) Starvation and Death.
(d) Famine in Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many copies of the Ethiopian newspapers were printed?

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

3. What did children do while their parents were eating in the old days?

4. When did the Emperor become the first monarch in the history of Ethiopia travel to another country?

5. Who did the Emperor raise to the post of premier after all the strikes and rebellions?

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