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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) Human development.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Original sin.
(d) The Bible.

2. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?
(a) Foreign investment.
(b) Slave labor.
(c) Leopold's investment.
(d) Missionary money.

3. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?
(a) Manifest.
(b) Receipt.
(c) Loading summary.
(d) Dock sheet.

4. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?
(a) British officials.
(b) Military personnel.
(c) E.D. Morel.
(d) Politicians.

5. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) Portugal.
(b) The New World.
(c) Asia.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the transfer of administration, what happened to the conditions in Congo?

2. What did Sheppard's native Congo name mean?

3. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?

4. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?

5. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?

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