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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. When was the World's Fair held in Brussels?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1895.

2. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?
(a) The conditions for white men in the Congo.
(b) The need for more missionaries in the Congo.
(c) The lack of money in the Congo.
(d) The abuses in the Congo.

3. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?
(a) Military personnel.
(b) British officials.
(c) E.D. Morel.
(d) Politicians.

4. How did many Europeans die in Congo?
(a) Violence.
(b) Old age.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Disease.

5. When was the first comprehensive census of the Congo performed?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leopold purchase several magazines and newspapers to control?

2. Where was Stanley born?

3. When Leopold was in his 70s, what did he do to cause outrage in Belgium?

4. Based on what he observed, what did E.D. Morel decide that Belgium's trade with the Congo was?

5. What span of years does Chapter 15 attempt to reconcile the death toll from?

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