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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 trivial event organized by the American Peace Corps set off a revolution?

2. In what province did the peasants rebel?

3. Who was the legal heir to the throne when Haile Selassie came to power?

4. What television journalist came to Ethiopia in 1973?

5. After the coup, who grumbled when the "personal people" began to fill the Palace offices?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did every hair on "F.U.-H.'s" head turn white?

2. How was the national budget divided?

3. Why was General Beleta Abebe arrested and held by his soldiers?

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

5. Describe what the mortar man, "M.S." did.

6. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

7. What did Mengistu say when he faced a court martial for his part in the coup with Germame?

8. According to "G.O.-E," why must the Emperor have gone to bed after the coup never knowing if he would wake in the morning?

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

10. Why was "N.L.E." fired from his job as titular clerk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the atmosphere that permeated the Empire after the 1960 coup.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why there was a connection between sadness and thinking that could lead to discontent within the Empire.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kapuscinski's relationship with Teferra and why Teferra was willing to assist Kapuscinski with his interviews.

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