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

2. From what ethnic group was Teferra Gebrewold?
(a) Amhara.
(b) Nuer.
(c) Oromo.
(d) Gurage.

3. On page 37, what was "I.B.'s" job?
(a) Purse bearer.
(b) Footman.
(c) Protocol official.
(d) Doorman.

4. On page 47, what did "G.H.-M." say his nickname was at the Palace?
(a) Cuckoo.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Sticky fingers.
(d) Miser.

5. What did the author say ran wild in Addis Ababa?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cats.
(c) Goats.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what hotel did Kapuscinski meet Teferra soon after the Emperor was deposed?

2. Why was Tekele Wolda Hawariat beheaded?

3. What did Prince Imru do to earn disfavor with the Emperor?

4. What was the name of the Minister of the Pen who was demoted?

5. On page 11, what did the Emperor receive as a gift from the president of Uganda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could subjects hand petitions to the Emperor?

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

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

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

5. How did Haile Selassie dispense judgment?

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

7. What was Addis Ababa like in 1963?

8. What was the fetasha?

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

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

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