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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) Walk backwards when leaving a room where his father was.
(b) Kiss his father's shoes.
(c) Bow when his father entered a room.
(d) Wash his father's feet.

2. Where was the television journalist from who visited Ethiopia in 1973?
(a) London.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

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

4. Where did reports say that most of the murmurs and whispers were originating after the coup?
(a) The university.
(b) The aristocrats.
(c) The army.
(d) The peasants.

5. In a quote on page 94, who could fall?
(a) Competitive dancers.
(b) Tightrope walkers.
(c) Competitive figure skaters.
(d) Hockey players.

Short Answer Questions

1. When some complained about development, what did they say that some of the people could not afford?

2. What was Makonen's position in the government?

3. Who denounced the rebels headed by Germame and had leaflets dropped by plane?

4. What was Germame's brother's position in the government?

5. What was the name of a television documentary about the Ethiopian famine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mengistu say when he faced a court martial for his part in the coup with Germame?

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

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

4. How did the Emperor try to keep the people from thinking about the conditions in Ethiopia?

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

6. Why did the Emperor introduce the Army-Police Hour?

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

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

9. Why did the soldiers in Eritrea want humane funerals?

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

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