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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. In 1963, what instruments were played during a reception for African leaders?
(a) Trumpets.
(b) Violins.
(c) Horns.
(d) Bugles.

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

3. What was "B.K.-S.'s job?
(a) Doorman.
(b) Cloakroom attendant.
(c) Footman.
(d) Purse attendant.

4. Who was the contractor who was overseeing the workers performing construction work in Addis Ababa in 1930?
(a) An Italian.
(b) A Russian.
(c) An Armenian.
(d) A Swede.

5. What was Aba Hanna Jema's position?
(a) Internal Security.
(b) Minister of the Pen.
(c) Minister of Information.
(d) Confessor and treasurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 37, what was "I.B.'s" job?

2. In 1930, which ethnic group provided most of the workers for the construction work in Addis Ababa?

3. What book described the Emperor's coronation in 1930?

4. According to Section 1, Pages 49-56, what hour began at 11 a.m. and ended at noon?

5. On page 47, what did "G.H.-M." say his nickname was at the Palace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when the Emperor brought the first airplane from Europe in the twenties?

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

4. How was justice dispensed in the itinerant period of the Empire?

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

6. How did the Emperor avoid paying the local masons who worked to construct the Imperial Palace?

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

8. What was Addis Ababa like in 1963?

9. Why did the foreign news correspondents decide not to complain to the Emperor about the communications arrangements?

10. Why was it an art for a footman to open and close doors for the Emperor?

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