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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 was "Z.S.-K.'s" son's name?
(a) Bekele.
(b) Desta.
(c) Hagos.
(d) Hailu.

2. How many of the men the Emperor trusted implicitly participated in the coup?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What did "Z.S.-K" say could lead "one right to the noose"?
(a) Walking too slowly.
(b) Clandestine clapping.
(c) Walking too quickly.
(d) Looking someone in the eye.

4. Where did the Emperor's grandson flee when the navy rebelled?
(a) Hargeysa.
(b) Djibouti.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Addis Ababa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What television journalist came to Ethiopia in 1973?

2. What was grown in the region where Germame held a government position?

3. Where was the television journalist from who visited Ethiopia in 1973?

4. What type of a vehicle did Makonen drive?

5. Where was Germame sent when the Emperor heard about his land giveaways?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did everyone especially wish to travel with the Emperor when he was visiting a foreign country?

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

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

5. What was an important and useful characteristic of the new appointees after the coup?

6. What did international aid workers discover when they came to help the starving people of Ethiopia?

7. What happened during a student demonstration in 1969?

8. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

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

10. How did foreign news correspondents obtain information about famine in the north of Ethiopia in 1973?

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