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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Casement sent when he was in the British consular services?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Belgium.

2. Who is Dorothy Tennant?
(a) Stanley's mistress.
(b) Stanley's daughter.
(c) Stanley's mother.
(d) Stanley's wife.

3. When did Morel resign, under pressure, from Elder Dempster?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1903.

4. What was the easiest way to gather the sap of the vines?
(a) Cut the vines.
(b) Skin the vines.
(c) Trim the vines.
(d) Tap the vines.

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

6. When did Shanu begin working for Leopold's regime?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1886.

7. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?
(a) The women and children.
(b) The tools and food.
(c) The animals.
(d) The medicine and fuel.

8. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?
(a) The lack of money in the Congo.
(b) The abuses in the Congo.
(c) The conditions for white men in the Congo.
(d) The need for more missionaries in the Congo.

9. What is the main disease cited in Chapter 15 as a major cause of death?
(a) Measles.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Chicken pox.

10. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?
(a) The Belgian Prime Minister.
(b) Caroline.
(c) The newspaper editors.
(d) Morel.

11. What percentage was the population of Congo reduced by as cited by the author during the period covered in Chapter 15?
(a) 50%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 75%.

12. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) The Score.
(b) A Settlement.
(c) A Tally.
(d) A Reckoning.

13. What did Leopold dismiss the Casement Report as when he first heard of it?
(a) Not the whole picture.
(b) Incorrect.
(c) Biased.
(d) Fiction.

14. What did Elder Dempster have exclusive contracts with Leopold to do?
(a) Carry people between Congo and Belgium.
(b) Carry slaves from Congo to anywhere.
(c) Carry cargo between Congo and Belgium.
(d) Carry slaves to Belgium.

15. What did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?
(a) Public hatred.
(b) A statue.
(c) A letter from King Leopold.
(d) Public honors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?

2. Who did Leopold negotiate with when he decided to sell Congo?

3. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?

4. What suffered because of Leopold's fascination with the young girl and his adventures with her?

5. For what crime was Sheppard tried for the publication of atrocities in the Congo?

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