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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?
(a) The atrocities he saw.
(b) The good things Leopold was doing.
(c) The peaceful conditions.
(d) The horrible way the locals treated the Belgians.

2. When did Sheppard travel to Africa?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1893.

3. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?
(a) Ivory and diamonds.
(b) Rubber and gold.
(c) Ivory and rubber.
(d) Gold and diamonds.

4. What did E.D. Morel realize the only thing exported to the Congo was?
(a) Firearms and medicine.
(b) Books and paper.
(c) Firearms and ammunition.
(d) Whips and chains.

5. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1841.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Conrad spend as a ship's officer in the British merchant marine?

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

3. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

4. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?

5. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?

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