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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What work did Casement do in Africa?
(a) Research.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Humanitarian.
(d) Commercial.

3. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?
(a) The Belgian Prime Minister.
(b) The newspaper editors.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Morel.

4. What did Shanu recruit for in Congo?
(a) Riverboat crews.
(b) Mine workers.
(c) Force Publique.
(d) Rubber harvesters.

5. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?
(a) The medicine and fuel.
(b) The tools and food.
(c) The women and children.
(d) The animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. By who was the official Commission of Inquiry staffed?

2. What is the main disease cited in Chapter 15 as a major cause of death?

3. What kind of report did Leopold expect from the Commission of Inquiry?

4. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?

5. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Shanu do after he became disillusioned with Leopold's regime in the Congo?

2. What is the implication of Morel's epiphany at the end of Part I?

3. What did Stanley do after he gave up adventuring?

4. What was Elder Dempster?

5. If the death of 50% of the population in the Congo was not genocide per se, what was it?

6. What was the Casement Report?

7. What caused the official pressure on Leopold from the international front?

8. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

9. What did the British Parliament decide to do after passing a resolution protesting the atrocities in the Congo?

10. When Leopold became concerned about Morel's media attacks, what did he try to do?

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