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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. When did the Emperor become the first monarch in the history of Ethiopia travel to another country?

2. What was the last day of the coup headed by Germame?

3. What was the last year of the Emperor's reign?

4. Who denounced the rebels headed by Germame and had leaflets dropped by plane?

5. What television journalist came to Ethiopia in 1973?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did foreign news correspondents obtain information about famine in the north of Ethiopia in 1973?

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

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

5. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

6. What did international aid workers discover when they came to help the starving people of Ethiopia?

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

8. What did the people do to protect themselves from informers?

9. Why did soldiers start a rebellion and arrest their superiors in the province of Sidamo?

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

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 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 it was dangerous for Kapuscinski to conduct interviews about the Empire.

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