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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 was the International Hour held?

2. How many people lived in Ethiopia in 1973?

3. What department caused problems with the peasants?

4. When did the peasants rebel?

5. What did the soldiers of Eritrea want?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had to be done to clean up the mess in the Palace after the coup ended?

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

3. What post did the Emperor assign to Germame?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

10. How was the national budget divided?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two images that the Emperor had.

Essay Topic 3

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

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