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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Shanu begin working for Leopold's regime?

2. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?

3. Hezekiah Andrew Shanu was born and educated in what is now known as which country?

4. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?

5. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Leopold react to the Casement Report?

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

5. Why does the author discuss Leopold's fascination with Caroline?

6. What were some of the ways Leopold responded to his critics?

7. What did Leopold do when he realized he could not suppress the Commission of Inquiry report?

8. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

9. How did Leopold promote his image of a kindly humanitarian throughout Europe?

10. What happened if the men of the village took too long to fulfill their quota of rubber demanded of them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Conrad's novel, "The Heart of Darkness," based in fact? How was it autobiographical?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Morel? How did he turn the tide for the Congo?

Essay Topic 3

Who influenced the American government to support King Leopold II's claim to the Congo? Why did America support the request?

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