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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. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?
(a) Morel's publications.
(b) Leopold's public statements.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Congo's independence.

2. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?
(a) Given the option of returning to Africa.
(b) Forcibly repatriated to Africa.
(c) Have contact with their families.
(d) Discover their heritage.

3. What did coagulated sap from the wild vines in the Congo form the basis of?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Metals.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Sugar.

4. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
(a) The local chiefs.
(b) The Africans.
(c) Himself.
(d) White men.

5. 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 some similarity between the two on important points.
(c) The two were identical.
(d) There was little resemblance between the two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

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

4. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

5. How did many Europeans die in Congo?

(see the answer key)

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