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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. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 56.
(b) 48.
(c) 50.
(d) 53.

2. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?
(a) 9 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 13 million.

3. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?
(a) A leg was severed.
(b) An arm was severed.
(c) A hand was severed.
(d) A foot was severed.

4. What did E.D. Morel determine was the only explanation for what he was seeing on the docks?
(a) Death threats.
(b) Willing workers.
(c) Widespread slavery.
(d) Theft of resources.

5. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?
(a) 1884-85.
(b) 1886-87.
(c) 1887-88.
(d) 1885-86.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?

3. What is the title of Chapter 15?

4. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?

5. What did E.D. Morel realize the only thing exported to the Congo was?

(see the answer key)

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