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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 children do when the Emperor left the Palace?

2. What did the Emperor weigh in his old age?

3. A low official in the Ministry of Information enjoyed access to the Emperor 4 times a week. How many times did his boss have access to the Emperor?

4. On page 11, what did the Emperor receive as a gift from the president of Uganda?

5. How many times did the Emperor visit a Palace in the Ogaden Desert?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was it an art for a footman to open and close doors for the Emperor?

4. What happened to get Prince Imru exiled for 20 years?

5. What were the Emperor's sleeping habits?

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

7. Why did the Emperor prefer bad ministers?

8. What was the background of the "personal people" in the palace, and what type of jobs did they hold?

9. What was the fetasha?

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 factions in the Palace in the 1970s and how each faction wanted to deal with the revolutionaries.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Germame and why he fell out of favor with the Emperor.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the famine in northern Ethiopia brought international condemnation.

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