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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 "Z.S.-K" say could lead "one right to the noose"?

2. What was the name of a television documentary about the Ethiopian famine?

3. In the 1930s, who invaded Ethiopia?

4. Where did reports say that most of the murmurs and whispers were originating after the coup?

5. When was the Army-Police Hour held?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What post did the Emperor assign to Germame?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss why the famine in northern Ethiopia brought international condemnation.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Emperor's thrift with his extravagances.

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