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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. How many people lived in Ethiopia in 1973?

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

3. In what province did the peasants rebel?

4. What new hour did the Emperor institute between 4 and 5 p.m.?

5. How many copies of the Ethiopian newspapers were printed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the overseas benefactors begin suspending shipments of food to feed the starving?

7. Describe Makonen.

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Germame and why he fell out of favor with the Emperor.

Essay Topic 3

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

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