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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 do as a child to show humility to his father?
(a) Wash his father's feet.
(b) Bow when his father entered a room.
(c) Kiss his father's shoes.
(d) Walk backwards when leaving a room where his father was.

2. What was wrong with the flagship Ethiopia?
(a) One engine would not start.
(b) There was a small fire on board.
(c) None of the engines would start.
(d) The ship had been sabotaged.

3. What student leader died in a demonstration held by the students after the peasant uprising?
(a) Teke Malana.
(b) Wene Birini.
(c) Tilahum Gizaw.
(d) Woza Ginara.

4. Who denounced the rebels headed by Germame and had leaflets dropped by plane?
(a) Patriarch Nevena.
(b) Patriarch Martinas.
(c) Patriarch Basilios.
(d) Patriarch Callista.

5. Who did the Emperor raise to the post of premier after all the strikes and rebellions?
(a) Deresa.
(b) Akililu.
(c) Abebe.
(d) Endelkachew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What division rebelled in Eritrea?

2. Which of the Emperor's family members also enjoyed traveling abroad?

3. What new hour did the Emperor institute between 4 and 5 p.m.?

4. Who said, "One often observes a fear of falling in people"?

5. In what province did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was "N.L.E." fired from his job as titular clerk?

2. Why did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors in the province of Sidamo?

3. How did the Emperor keep track of the new developments that were being built?

4. Who were some of the innocents killed during the coup?

5. Why was General Beleta Abebe arrested and held by his soldiers?

6. According to "G.O.-E," why must the Emperor have gone to bed after the coup never knowing if he would wake in the morning?

7. How was the national budget divided?

8. What had to be done to clean up the mess in the Palace after the coup ended?

9. Describe Makonen.

10. What did the people do to protect themselves from informers?

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