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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 did Morel begin publishing articles?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1900.

2. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?
(a) Kuba ritual grounds.
(b) Kuba capital.
(c) Kuba city.
(d) Kuba hospital.

3. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?
(a) 1884-85.
(b) 1887-88.
(c) 1886-87.
(d) 1885-86.

4. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 11 million.
(c) 9 million.
(d) 13 million.

5. Where did Joseph Conrad spend his youth?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Africa.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dorothy Tennant?

2. What is the word that means someone who always thinks they are sick?

3. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?

4. How many official depositions did the Commission of Inquiry members take?

5. Who did Leopold negotiate with when he decided to sell Congo?

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