Menelik II - Quiz
Menelik II
  • 1. In which month is the Adwa Victory Day celebrated annually?
A) March
B) January
C) September
D) May
  • 2. What movement did the Adwa victory inspire globally?
A) Monarchist movements
B) Industrial revolution
C) Pan-African movements
D) European unification
  • 3. Menelik II is generally considered the founder of which nation?
A) Modern Montenegro
B) Modern Ethiopia
C) Modern Sudan
D) Modern Serbia
  • 4. Why is Menelik II's legacy considered controversial by historians?
A) His alliance with England
B) His refusal to fight Italy
C) His rejection of modernization
D) Atrocities committed during territorial annexation
  • 5. Which ethnic group is specifically mentioned as having resisted Menelik's southward expansion?
A) Montenegrins
B) Oromos
C) Serbs
D) Italians
  • 6. How do some Oromos characterize Menelik II based on the provided text?
A) A failed leader
B) A peaceful diplomat
C) Devil incarnate
D) A national saint
  • 7. According to the text, what is a reason for Oromo ambivalence towards the Adwa victory?
A) Lack of historical evidence
B) The defeat at Adwa
C) Disinterest in history
D) Its association with Menelik II
  • 8. Who was the English anthropologist that recounted the improbable Serb legend?
A) Edgar Rice Burroughs
B) Mary E. Durham
C) Awol Allo
D) Prince Nikola
  • 9. The legend claims Menelik II was a kinsman to a king from which country?
A) England
B) France
C) Italy
D) Montenegro
  • 10. What village name is compared to the Ethiopian honorific 'Negus' in the legend?
A) Petrovich
B) Abyssinia
C) Adwa
D) Njegushi
  • 11. In which video game is Menelik featured as a leader?
A) Europa Universalis
B) Age of Empires
C) Civilization VI
D) Total War
  • 12. What is the name of the fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel inspired by Menelik?
A) Petrovich II
B) Menelek XIV
C) Negus I
D) Nikola III
  • 13. What title does the text identify as being preserved by Menelik?
A) Pharaoh
B) Negus
C) Czar
D) Sultan
  • 14. The legend suggests the fine stature of Abyssinians is due to an admixture of which blood?
A) Arab
B) Roman
C) Germanic
D) Slav
  • 15. On what date was Prince Sahle Maryam born?
A) 20 February 1856
B) 19 August 1844
C) 15 October 1855
D) 19 August 1847
  • 16. In which location was Prince Sahle Maryam born?
A) The Minjar plateau
B) Debre Berhan
C) Ankober
D) Maqdala
  • 17. Who was the father of Sahle Maryam?
A) Sahle Selassie
B) Tewodros II
C) Haile Melekot
D) Ato Nadew
  • 18. Who was the mother of Sahle Maryam?
A) Darge Sahle Selassie
B) None of the above
C) Bezabish
D) Ejigayehu
  • 19. Who gave Prince Sahle Maryam the name Menelik?
A) Ato Nadew
B) Sahle Selassie
C) Haile Melekot
D) Tewodros II
  • 20. Who was Menelik's tutor?
A) Sahle Selassie
B) Haile Melekot
C) Darge Sahle Selassie
D) Ato Nadew
  • 21. Where did Haile Melekot order a retreat and burning in 1855?
A) Maqdala
B) Debre Berhan
C) Ankober
D) The Awash river
  • 22. Where were Menelik and his chiefs taken after being captured by Tewodros II?
A) Ankober
B) Shewa
C) Maqdala
D) Debre Berhan
  • 23. How old was Menelik when he was captured by Tewodros II?
A) 15
B) 12
C) 18
D) 10
  • 24. What was the name of the plateau where Haile Melekot instructed his chiefs to take Menelik?
A) Maqdala plateau
B) Shewa plateau
C) Ankober plateau
D) Minjar plateau
  • 25. Who intervened to have Menelik legitimized by a council of relatives?
A) Ejigayehu
B) Ato Nadew
C) Darge Sahle Selassie
D) Bezabish
  • 26. In which year did Menelik II die?
A) 1889
B) 1909
C) 1913
D) 1896
  • 27. At which battle did Menelik II defeat the Italians in 1896?
A) Battle of Magdala
B) Battle of Entoto
C) Battle of Metemma
D) Battle of Adwa
  • 28. Who was the Swiss engineer that served as an advisor to Menelik II?
A) Ras Tessema Nadew
B) Lij Iyasu
C) Ras Makonnen
D) Alfred Ilg
  • 29. Which treaty did Menelik II sign with Italy in 1889?
A) Treaty of Shewa
B) Treaty of Adwa
C) Treaty of Wuchale
D) Treaty of Entoto
  • 30. Who served as regent after Menelik II became incapacitated?
A) Empress Taytu Betul
B) Haile Selassie
C) Sahle Selassie
D) Menelik I
  • 31. What was the name of the railway project initiated by Menelik II?
A) Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
B) Harar–Ankober Railway
C) Ethiopia–Eritrea Railway
D) Shewa–Adwa Railway
  • 32. Who succeeded Menelik II?
A) Lij Iyasu
B) Zewditu
C) Yohannes IV
D) Ras Tafari Makonnen
  • 33. What was the strategic trade hub conquered by Menelik II in 1887?
A) Entoto
B) Magdala
C) Ankober
D) Harar
  • 34. Menelik II was a member of which dynasty?
A) Gonder
B) Zagwe
C) Axumite
D) Solomonic
  • 35. In what year was Menelik II crowned emperor?
A) 1889
B) 1866
C) 1913
D) 1896
  • 36. What was the main point of contention in the Treaty of Wuchale?
A) Religious conversion
B) Trade tariffs
C) Italian claims of a protectorate
D) Boundary disputes
  • 37. How did Tewodros II treat Menelik at his court?
A) Like a son
B) Like a prisoner
C) Like a commoner
D) Like a servant
  • 38. Who was the brother of Taytu Betul that Menelik met at court?
A) Ato Bezabeh
B) Haile Melekot
C) Tewodros II
D) Ledj Wale
  • 39. Which institution provided Menelik's formal education?
A) The royal court tutors
B) The Jesuit missionaries
C) The British military academy
D) Ethiopian Orthodox Church
  • 40. What rank was Menelik elevated to by Tewodros II?
A) Dejazmach
B) Ras
C) Negus
D) Emperor
  • 41. Which princess did Tewodros II offer to Menelik?
A) Bezabeh
B) Worqitu
C) Alitash
D) Taytu
  • 42. What military skills did Menelik study at court?
A) Archery and fencing
B) Military strategy and horsemanship
C) Siege warfare and diplomacy
D) Naval tactics and artillery
  • 43. When did Menelik escape from the fortress of Magdala?
A) 1 November 1866
B) 1 January 1864
C) 1 July 1865
D) 1 July 1867
  • 44. What was the name of the Queen of Wello who received Menelik after his escape?
A) Alitash
B) Menelik's mother
C) Worqitu
D) Taytu
  • 45. How old was Menelik when he escaped from Magdala?
A) 25 years old
B) 21 years old
C) 18 years old
D) 30 years old
  • 46. Which regions were struck by famine in 1865?
A) Gondar and Magdala
B) Amba and Gondar
C) Tigray and Begemder
D) Shewa and Wello
  • 47. How many soldiers did Tewodros II order to be massacred in 1867?
A) 500
B) 800
C) 200
D) 1000
  • 48. Which province did Ato Bezabeh rule before his confrontation with Menelik?
A) Gondar
B) Shewa
C) Magdala
D) Wello
  • 49. How many cannons did Menelik acquire at Kebrat Amba?
A) 3
B) 1,000
C) 500
D) 10
  • 50. What fief did Menelik grant Bezabeh after his initial submission?
A) Ankober
B) Were Ilu
C) Amba Afqara
D) Abba Motti
  • 51. What was the penalty for an Ethiopian priest provoking religious controversy under Menelik's edict?
A) Exile
B) Imprisonment
C) Death
D) A fine
  • 52. To whom did Menelik address a letter in 1867 presenting himself as the 'King of Kings'?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Tewodros II
C) Father Guglielmo Massaia
D) Robert Napier
  • 53. Who was the claimant to the throne that retreated after seeing Menelik leave the Magdala region?
A) Wagshum Gobaze
B) Ato Bezabeh
C) Tewodros II
D) Yohannes IV
  • 54. What reason did Menelik give for not providing assistance to the British against Tewodros II?
A) He was busy celebrating Easter
B) He lacked enough soldiers
C) He felt unable to destroy the man who raised him
D) He was afraid of the Oromo
  • 55. What was the final fate of Tewodros II?
A) He took his own life
B) He was captured by the British
C) He died in battle against the British
D) He was executed by Menelik
  • 56. How did Menelik react when he learned Dejazmach Kassa had assisted the British?
A) He felt relieved that the British won
B) He decided to join Kassa in a new alliance
C) He felt anger because the imperial throne was slipping away
D) He felt proud of his rival
  • 57. Which leader gained a military advantage from the British via Napier’s expedition?
A) Kassa Mercha
B) Ras Mikael
C) Tekle Giyorgis II
D) Menelik II
  • 58. Where did Kassa camp while waiting to confront Tekle Giyorgis II?
A) Wello
B) Aksum
C) Shewa
D) Liche
  • 59. What caused Menelik's military plans in Begemder to fail in 1871?
A) The British intervention
B) Lack of cavalry support
C) A direct attack from Yohannes IV
D) A rebellion by Queen Mestewat
  • 60. What was the primary strength of Menelik’s army?
A) Naval support
B) British-made muskets
C) Cavalry
D) Artillery
  • 61. What was the result of the conflict between Kassa and Tekle Giyorgis II?
A) Menelik intervened to stop the war
B) Tekle Giyorgis II won the crown
C) Kassa emerged as the new Emperor
D) Both died in the battles
  • 62. Which city served as the location for Menelik’s large political feasts?
A) Wello
B) Begemder
C) Liche
D) Magdala
  • 63. Who suggested that Menelik II cooperate with the Egyptians?
A) alaqa Birru
B) Muhammad Ali
C) Yohannes IV
D) Khedive Ismail Pasha
  • 64. Which Emperor did Menelik II attempt to overthrow with Egyptian assistance?
A) Khedive Ismail Pasha
B) Yohannes IV
C) Abu Parka Pasha
D) Meshesha Seyfu
  • 65. What fortress did Menelik seize after capturing the leaders of local revolts?
A) Mount Tamo
B) Magdala
C) Gontcho
D) Ankober
  • 66. What was the name of Menelik's wife who instigated a rebellion?
A) Sost Lidat
B) Bafena
C) Debre Lebanos
D) Masia
  • 67. Whom did Menelik attempt to appoint as his successor in Shewa instead of Bafena's sons?
A) Muhammad Ali
B) Haile
C) Ras Adal Tessema
D) Meshesha Seyfu
  • 68. What religious doctrine did Bafena support?
A) Qarra Haymanot
B) Sost Lidat
C) Debre Lebanos
D) The triple birth
  • 69. Where was Meshesha imprisoned by Menelik in December 1876?
A) Mount Tamo
B) Magdala
C) Gontcho
D) Ankober
  • 70. What religious doctrine did Menelik favor?
A) Qarra Haymanot
B) Sost Lidat
C) Double birth
D) The doctrine of the Virgin Mary
  • 71. When did Menelik return to Shewa?
A) 14 December 1876
B) 20 December 1877
C) 25 May 1877
D) September 1876
  • 72. How many slaves was Menelik originally asked to pay as annual tribute?
A) 500
B) 50,000
C) 5,000
D) 1,000
  • 73. Where was the treasure of Shewa sent during the mobilization?
A) Debre Libanos
B) Menz
C) Wello
D) Feqra Gemb
  • 74. What happened to Menelik's ambition to become the next emperor after the treaty?
A) It was destroyed
B) It was abandoned
C) It was forgotten
D) It remained intact
  • 75. What was a primary economic motive for Menelik's expansion?
A) Increasing tax revenue
B) Building new churches
C) Escaping climate change
D) Spreading religion
  • 76. When did the Battle of Embabo take place?
A) June 1882
B) June 1879
C) June 1886
D) January 1887
  • 77. Who was the main European merchant group mentioned in the Southwest?
A) German
B) British
C) French
D) Portuguese
  • 78. Which general forced Kaffa to pay tribute in 1881?
A) Ras Darge Sahle Selassie
B) Ras Gobana Dache
C) Alfred Ilg
D) Emir Abd Allah II
  • 79. When did the Arsi territory finally come under complete Shoan control?
A) 1881
B) 1886
C) 1890
D) 1883
  • 80. Which commodity gradually supplanted ivory and musk in trade?
A) Cotton
B) Coffee
C) Gold
D) Ostrich feathers
  • 81. What were the garrison towns established by the administration called?
A) Negus
B) Katamas
C) Bitwoded
D) Neftenya
  • 82. What was the highest title given to Alfred Ilg?
A) Bitwoded
B) Negus
C) Ras
D) Dejazmach
  • 83. Which poet visited the court of Entoto?
A) Arthur Rimbaud
B) Alfred Ilg
C) Paul Buffet
D) Ras Darge
  • 84. What were the residents of the katamas known as?
A) Emirs
B) Neftenya
C) Arsi
D) Gojjames
  • 85. Who crowned Menelik II as emperor?
A) Count Pietro Antonelli
B) Oreste Baratieri
C) Ras Mengesha Yohannes
D) Abuna Mattewos
  • 86. What disease caused the 'Kifou Qen' famine?
A) Rinderpest
B) Smallpox
C) Cholera
D) Influenza
  • 87. What percentage of cattle was wiped out by the rinderpest epidemic?
A) Over 75%
B) Over 20%
C) Over 90%
D) Over 50%
  • 88. Who was the Italian envoy that negotiated the treaty with Menelik?
A) Francesco Crispi
B) Oreste Baratieri
C) Count Pietro Antonelli
D) Gerald Portal
  • 89. Which article of the Treaty of Wuchale led to the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia?
A) Article 17
B) Article 10
C) Article 25
D) Article 3
  • 90. Who led the Italian army during the invasion of Ethiopia?
A) Major Galliano
B) Oreste Baratieri
C) Major Toselli
D) Pietro Antonelli
  • 91. What was the name of the famine that occurred during Menelik's reign?
A) The Great Drought
B) Kifou Qen
C) The Abyssinian Hunger
D) The Rinderpest Crisis
  • 92. Who controlled the Konso region after building a fort at Mega?
A) Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis
B) Ras Welde Giyorgis Aboye
C) Dejazmach Nikolay Leontiev
D) Ras Tassama
  • 93. Which kingdom initially resisted Menelik II and refused to pay tribute?
A) Gimirra
B) Beni Shangul
C) Borana
D) Kaffa
  • 94. Which Russian led expeditions along the southern border of Lake Rudolf in 1899?
A) Nikolay Leontiev
B) C. Halle
C) A. Holtz
D) Willy Henze
  • 95. In what year did Menelik II grant the railway concession from Djibouti?
A) 1902
B) 1897
C) 1894
D) 1906
  • 96. Who introduced automobiles to Addis Ababa in 1908?
A) A. Holtz
B) Bentley
C) C. Halle
D) Willy Henze
  • 97. In what year was the Ethiopian postal system established?
A) 1897
B) 1908
C) 1894
D) 1893
  • 98. What was the name of the vaccination campaign launched in 1898?
A) Malaria
B) Cholera
C) Tuberculosis
D) Smallpox
  • 99. What was the name of the new land tax system introduced in 1892?
A) Wember
B) Asrat
C) Gebbar maderia
D) Thaler
  • 100. When was the Franco-Ethiopian Railway construction completed?
A) 1906
B) 1917
C) 1897
D) 1914
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