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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 did the Palace servants do when the Emperor was away from the Palace?

2. In 1963, what instruments were played during a reception for African leaders?

3. What did the Emperor do between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.?

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

5. What type of songs did a singer sing after a feast held for African leaders in 1963?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Emperor's visits to the provinces drain the treasury?

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

4. What happened when the Emperor brought the first airplane from Europe in the twenties?

5. Why did the Emperor have Tekele Wolda Hawariat beheaded?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the complaints and suggestions of the university students.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the process that the peasants had to use to petition the Emperor for justice. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the Emperor's visits had to be carefully planned. Why could he not simply show up unannounced in a province? Use examples from the book.

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