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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. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) Human development.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Original sin.

2. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?
(a) Artists.
(b) Available labor.
(c) Competent to rule themselves.
(d) Sophisticated.

3. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?
(a) Diresus Cao.
(b) Divala Cao.
(c) Diogo Cao.
(d) Disarro Cao.

4. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Texas.

5. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?
(a) Belgian Parliament.
(b) British Parliament.
(c) U.S. Senate.
(d) German Council.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?

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

3. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?

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

5. What percentage was the population of Congo reduced by as cited by the author during the period covered in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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