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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 span of years does Chapter 15 attempt to reconcile the death toll from?
(a) 1880 to 1913.
(b) 1880 to 1925.
(c) 1880 to 1918.
(d) 1880 to 1920.

2. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?
(a) Free Congo.
(b) Republic of Congo.
(c) Congo Free State.
(d) Belgian Congo.

3. For what crime was Sheppard tried for the publication of atrocities in the Congo?
(a) Treason.
(b) Libel.
(c) Free-speech.
(d) Slander.

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

5. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

1. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?

2. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?

3. When did the Belgian press expose Shanu as Morel's accomplice?

4. What year, after locating Livingstone, did Stanley return to Africa?

5. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

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