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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. Where were birds being observed in the quote at the beginning of the book?

2. What dollar amount required approval from the Emperor before making an expenditure?

3. From what ethnic group was Teferra Gebrewold?

4. How many palaces did the Emperor build who established the capital at Addis Ababa?

5. Why did "G.S.-D" have to monitor the storage of the pillows?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In 1963, what did Kapuscinski see when he went outside to find a quiet place at the African leaders' reception?

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

5. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?

6. Why did the Emperor prefer bad ministers?

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

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

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

10. What punishments did the Emperor abolish at the beginning of his reign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two images that the Emperor had.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast life for the Emperor, ministers, and dignitaries to the life that the peasants lived.

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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