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

2. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?
(a) Kuba city.
(b) Kuba hospital.
(c) Kuba ritual grounds.
(d) Kuba capital.

3. Who is Dorothy Tennant?
(a) Stanley's mistress.
(b) Stanley's wife.
(c) Stanley's daughter.
(d) Stanley's mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.

2. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?

3. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?

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

5. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?

(see the answer key)

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