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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. Where was Joseph Conrad born?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) Finland.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

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

3. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?
(a) Kallon.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Kensington.
(d) Kurtz.

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

5. Why did Leopold purchase newspaper space?
(a) To write short stories.
(b) To publish carefully written articles.
(c) To advertise his riches.
(d) To publish articles about ivory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?

2. When did Casement produce the Casement Report?

3. Leopold put on a lavish display about Congo at the World's Fair and suggest it was what?

4. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

5. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?

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