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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. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Carrie Ann.

2. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.
(a) Landolphia.
(b) Lollonaphia.
(c) Lallaphia.
(d) Lorryaphia.

3. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?
(a) The need for more missionaries in the Congo.
(b) The lack of money in the Congo.
(c) The conditions for white men in the Congo.
(d) The abuses in the Congo.

4. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1842.

5. How many black soldiers were in each garrison of Force Publique?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Some.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Several dozen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Casement, in his youth?

3. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?

4. What was the easiest way to gather the sap of the vines?

5. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?

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