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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 Casement go to the Congo to make an evaluation of the atrocities?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1906.

2. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?
(a) The local people were friendlier.
(b) They were immediately accessible.
(c) The coast was cheaper to colonize.
(d) They had more riches.

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

4. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) England.

5. What was Casement, in his youth?
(a) Scottish nationalist.
(b) Celtic nationalist.
(c) Irish nationalist.
(d) British nationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?

2. Why did Leopold purchase newspaper space?

3. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?

4. What military title did Henry I. Kowalsky affect?

5. What did Shanu recruit for in Congo?

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