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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?
(a) A few.
(b) A lot.
(c) As many as could get there.
(d) None.

2. What profession did Henry I. Kowalsky practice?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Editor.
(d) Doctor.

3. When did Sheppard travel to Africa?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1895.

4. By who was the official Commission of Inquiry staffed?
(a) Three independent inspectors.
(b) Three British citizens.
(c) Three lawyers.
(d) Three cronies of Leopold.

5. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?
(a) The coast was cheaper to colonize.
(b) They had more riches.
(c) They were immediately accessible.
(d) The local people were friendlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

2. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?

3. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?

4. How many official depositions did the Commission of Inquiry members take?

5. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?

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