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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. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?
(a) 235 miles.
(b) 220 miles.
(c) 230 miles.
(d) 225 miles.

2. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?
(a) A foot was severed.
(b) A leg was severed.
(c) A hand was severed.
(d) An arm was severed.

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

4. What was the name of the workhouse Stanley was sent to as a child?
(a) St. Asaph's.
(b) St. John's.
(c) St. Luke's.
(d) St. Nicholas'.

5. What profession did Henry I. Kowalsky practice?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

2. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?

3. When did Casement go to the Congo to make an evaluation of the atrocities?

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

5. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

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