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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "Z.T.'s" position in the palace?

2. What did Prince Imru do to earn disfavor with the Emperor?

3. How old was the Emperor when he became heir to the throne?

4. According to "Y.M.", who was the Emperor's only teacher?

5. Who wrote, "At the bottom there is a drudge who has to take it from everyone"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was justice dispensed in the itinerant period of the Empire?

2. How did Haile Selassie dispense judgment?

3. Why did a pillow have to be placed beneath the Emperor's feet when he was sitting on his throne?

4. Why did the foreign news correspondents decide not to complain to the Emperor about the communications arrangements?

5. What were the most tiring searches during the fetasha?

6. What was the fetasha?

7. On page 47, why was "G.H.-M." called cuckoo behind his back?

8. Why would the ministers stay around the Palace all morning rather than being in their offices?

9. What was the advantage for the Emperor of only receiving verbal reports with nothing written down?

10. Describe the reception the Emperor had for African leaders in 1963.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the 1960 coup and why it failed.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kapuscinski's relationship with Teferra and why Teferra was willing to assist Kapuscinski with his interviews.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss some of the uncommon jobs that servants had to perform in the Palace and how some of these jobs were viewed by outsiders.

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