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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 year was the Force Publique established?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1887.

2. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?
(a) A mother and wife.
(b) A wife and a mistress.
(c) A father and his children.
(d) A wife and children.

3. What was one of the ways Leopold managed Stanley?
(a) Letters.
(b) Land grants.
(c) Threats.
(d) Public praise.

4. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?
(a) Breech-loading rifles.
(b) Boar-shot rifles.
(c) Large caliber rifles.
(d) Side-winding rifles.

5. Hezekiah Andrew Shanu was born and educated in what is now known as which country?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Niger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?

2. When was the first comprehensive census of the Congo performed?

3. How many white officers led each each garrison of Force Publique?

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

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

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