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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. According to Section 1, Pages 49-56, what hour began at 11 a.m. and ended at noon?
(a) Hour of the Reports.
(b) Hour of the Cashbox.
(c) Hour of Security.
(d) Hour of the Ministers.

2. How many times did the Emperor visit a Palace in the Ogaden Desert?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Five times.

3. Who did the Emperor refuse to pay for labor performed to build the Imperial Palace?
(a) Local bricklayers.
(b) Local masons.
(c) Foreign architects.
(d) Foreign engineers.

4. What was the name of the Minister of the Pen who was demoted?
(a) Ras Tafari.
(b) Tafari Makonnen.
(c) Balcha Safo.
(d) Walde Giyorgis.

5. What were the criteria that the Emperor used when making appointments for various jobs?
(a) Family connections.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Talent.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other group of people are as silent as the Ethiopians?

2. When would the Emperor arrive at the Old Palace?

3. Who was the leader of the aristocrats?

4. What did the author say ran wild in Addis Ababa?

5. What did the Palace children do when the Emperor left the Palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could subjects hand petitions to the Emperor?

2. What punishments did the Emperor abolish at the beginning of his reign?

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

4. Where did the Imperial court used to be located before Addis Abab became the capital of the Empire?

5. Describe the reception the Emperor had for African leaders in 1963.

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

7. How did the Emperor begin his day?

8. After the revolution, what happened to many of the people who had been people of the Palace?

9. How would the Emperor attempt to give money to the masses?

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

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