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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the Emperor wear to dispense justice?
(a) Blue robe.
(b) Red robe.
(c) Purple robe.
(d) Black robe.
2. Who wrote a book that had a passage describing the Emperor's coronation in 1930?
(a) Erif Der.
(b) Evelyn Waugh.
(c) Day Lewis.
(d) Storm Jameson.
3. What was the punishment even for minor offenses before Haile Selassie became emperor?
(a) Cut off fingers and toes.
(b) Cut off ears.
(c) Disembowelment.
(d) Cut off hands and legs.
4. What did Prince Imru do to earn disfavor with the Emperor?
(a) Took part in a conspiracy meeting.
(b) Plotted against the Emperor.
(c) Gave land to peasants.
(d) Refused to marry the Emperor's daughter.
5. What made one official more important than another in the Emperor's court?
(a) How much authority his position wielded.
(b) How much access the individual had to the Emperor's ear.
(c) How much education he had.
(d) How much wealth he had.
Short Answer Questions
1. What position would the Emperor assume when hearing the cases and pronouncing verdicts?
2. From what type of wood was the Emperor's bed made?
3. Who ordered the establishment of Addis Ababa as the capital of Ethiopia?
4. What was Yelma Deresa's position in the government?
5. What was Aba Hanna Jema's position?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the most tiring searches during the fetasha?
2. Where did the Imperial court used to be located before Addis Abab became the capital of the Empire?
3. After the revolution, what happened to many of the people who had been people of the Palace?
4. How did the Emperor's visits to the provinces drain the treasury?
5. What was the advantage for the Emperor of only receiving verbal reports with nothing written down?
6. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?
7. Why did a pillow have to be placed beneath the Emperor's feet when he was sitting on his throne?
8. How would the Emperor attempt to give money to the masses?
9. Why did the Emperor prefer bad ministers?
10. What punishments did the Emperor abolish at the beginning of his reign?
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