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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. Who led the Jailers faction?

2. Who led the Talkers faction?

3. When was a demonstration held by students after the peasant uprising?

4. In a quote on page 107, what was the name of the Emperor whose head would disappear?

5. In the 1930s, who invaded Ethiopia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Emperor try to keep the people from thinking about the conditions in Ethiopia?

2. What were some of the new developments begun after the coup?

3. How did the Emperor keep track of the new developments that were being built?

4. Why did the Emperor introduce the Army-Police Hour?

5. What was an important and useful characteristic of the new appointees after the coup?

6. How did the Emperor make it acceptable to raise the taxes the peasants had to pay?

7. Why did the soldiers in Eritrea want humane funerals?

8. What happened during a student demonstration in 1969?

9. Why did the overseas benefactors begin suspending shipments of food to feed the starving?

10. Why did everyone especially wish to travel with the Emperor when he was visiting a foreign country?

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

Compare and contrast the life of an official when he was in favor with the Emperor and his life if he fell out of favor with the Emperor.

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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