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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. Where were prisoners kept before the capital was established at Addis Ababa?
(a) Chained together under a rough shelter.
(b) In a black tent.
(c) In huts.
(d) In a red tent.

2. How many years was Prince Imru exiled from the country when he fail out of the Emperor's favor?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

3. What was another name for the Imperial Palace?
(a) Entoto.
(b) Gondar.
(c) Genete Leul.
(d) Danqaz.

4. What did the Emperor wear to dispense justice?
(a) Blue robe.
(b) Black robe.
(c) Red robe.
(d) Purple robe.

5. Who established the procedure for justice that the Emperor used?
(a) Emperor Yetbarak.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) Emperor Anaeb.
(d) King Eznas I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were flown in for the reception held in 1963 for the leaders of the independent African nations?

2. How old was the Emperor when he became heir to the throne?

3. How many lived in Addis Ababa in 1963?

4. Who wrote, "At the bottom there is a drudge who has to take it from everyone"?

5. Where would ministers spend their mornings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the advantage for the Emperor of only receiving verbal reports with nothing written down?

2. What types of positions did the Emperor assign personally?

3. Why did the Emperor have Tekele Wolda Hawariat beheaded?

4. Why did the Emperor prefer bad ministers?

5. On page 39, how did "W.A.-N" say that the people showed their greed?

6. On page 47, why was "G.H.-M." called cuckoo behind his back?

7. What were the most tiring searches during the fetasha?

8. Why did a pillow have to be placed beneath the Emperor's feet when he was sitting on his throne?

9. What was Addis Ababa like in 1963?

10. How did the Emperor's visits to the provinces drain the treasury?

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