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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. From which of the palace factions were positions like Minister of the Pen or political police filled?

2. Who did the Emperor refuse to pay for labor performed to build the Imperial Palace?

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

4. What did the Palace children do when the Emperor left the Palace?

5. On page 47, what did "G.H.-M." say his nickname was at the Palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Imperial court used to be located before Addis Abab became the capital of the Empire?

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

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

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

5. How did the Emperor avoid paying the local masons who worked to construct the Imperial Palace?

6. After the revolution, what happened to many of the people who had been people of the Palace?

7. How would the Emperor attempt to give money to the masses?

8. On page 39, how did "W.A.-N" say that the people showed their greed?

9. How could subjects hand petitions to the Emperor?

10. What was Addis Ababa like 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

Using examples from the book, discuss how the Emperor created his persona.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Emperor's thrift with his extravagances.

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