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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. Who wrote, "It is an amazing thing, the extraordinary feeling of security..."?
(a) de Lafayette.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Rabelais.
(d) de Tocqueville.

2. Who led the Jailers faction?
(a) Abebech Alem.
(b) Tenene Work.
(c) Nigist Ken.
(d) Mihret Bogalech.

3. What was the Emperor's father's name?
(a) Aphilas.
(b) Menelik.
(c) Ezanas.
(d) Makonen.

4. When was the International Hour held?
(a) Between 8 and 9 p.m.
(b) Between 7 and 8 p.m.
(c) Between 5 and 6 p.m.
(d) Between 6 and 7 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the soldiers of Eritrea want?

3. What did children do while their parents were eating in the old days?

4. Where were soldiers from who arrested General Abebe?

5. What was done with the bodies of insurgents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How was the national budget divided?

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

6. Why did every hair on "F.U.-H.'s" head turn white?

7. What happened during a student demonstration in 1969?

8. Why did the overseas benefactors begin suspending shipments of food to feed the starving?

9. Describe Makonen.

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

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