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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. After the coup, what group began to grumble and speak unreasonably and insultingly against the Palace?
(a) The aristocrats.
(b) The students.
(c) The ministers.
(d) The peasants.

2. Besides students, who else died in a demonstration the students held after the peasant uprising?
(a) Army officers.
(b) Innocent bystanders.
(c) Policeman.
(d) A general.

3. Where did the Emperor travel in order to make an official cruise?
(a) Wello.
(b) Tigre.
(c) Eritrea.
(d) Shewa.

4. Which was the first group to ask to be rewarded for their part in halting the coup?
(a) The police officers.
(b) The Imperial Guard.
(c) The security staff.
(d) The army generals.

5. Where was the Third Division stationed during all the strikes and rebellions?
(a) Harshin.
(b) Ogaden.
(c) Ginir.
(d) Dire Dawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Emperor do as a child to show humility to his father?

2. What was the last day of the coup headed by Germame?

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

4. Who led the Talkers faction?

5. How many people served on a revolutionary council established by Germame?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the national budget divided?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What were some of the new developments begun after the coup?

9. What happened during a student demonstration in 1969?

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

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