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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 was wrong with the flagship Ethiopia?

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

3. Where was the Third Division stationed during all the strikes and rebellions?

4. After the peasant uprising, who wanted to gather loyal students and stage a demonstration?

5. What did the Emperor do as a child to show humility to his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the process that the peasants had to use to petition the Emperor for justice. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why it was dangerous for Kapuscinski to conduct interviews about 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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