King Leopold's Ghost Test | Final Test - Easy

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

King Leopold's Ghost Test | Final Test - Easy

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Casement produce the Casement Report?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1904.

2. What was the relationship between the summary of the report Leopold had published and the official Commission of Inquiry report?
(a) The two were similar, but not identical.
(b) There was little resemblance between the two.
(c) The two were identical.
(d) There was some similarity between the two on important points.

3. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?
(a) Receipt.
(b) Loading summary.
(c) Dock sheet.
(d) Manifest.

4. What military title did Henry I. Kowalsky affect?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Major.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

5. When did Morel establish the West African Mail?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1903.

6. When did Morel begin publishing articles?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1900.

7. What was Sheppard's name among the natives in the Congo?
(a) Mundele Ndom.
(b) Mundele Nrom.
(c) Mundele Mtom.
(d) Mundele Mnom.

8. When was the first comprehensive census of the Congo performed?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1922.

9. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?
(a) Belgian Parliament.
(b) German Council.
(c) U.S. Senate.
(d) British Parliament.

10. What did Leopold issue before the Commission of Inquiry report was published?
(a) A summary.
(b) An editorial.
(c) A denial.
(d) A supporting statement.

11. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?
(a) Elder Dempster.
(b) Leopold.
(c) His boss.
(d) Stanley.

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

13. For what crime was Sheppard tried for the publication of atrocities in the Congo?
(a) Libel.
(b) Free-speech.
(c) Slander.
(d) Treason.

14. What did Sheppard's native Congo name mean?
(a) The black helpful man.
(b) The black white man.
(c) The black Englishman.
(d) The scary black man.

15. When did the Belgian press expose Shanu as Morel's accomplice?
(a) Late 1905.
(b) Mid 1905.
(c) July, 1905.
(d) Early 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the West African Mail?

2. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?

3. What did Elder Dempster have exclusive contracts with Leopold to do?

4. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?

5. Where did Shanu move when he moved to Congo?

(see the answer keys)

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