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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did coagulated sap from the wild vines in the Congo form the basis of?
(a) Metals.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Antibiotics.

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

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

4. Who did Leopold negotiate with when he decided to sell Congo?
(a) England.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

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

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

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

9. When was the World's Fair held in Brussels?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1899.

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

11. When did Morel begin publishing articles?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1900.

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

13. What does Leopold purchase several magazines and newspapers to control?
(a) Their advertising.
(b) Their news.
(c) Their circulation.
(d) Their content.

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

15. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?
(a) Kuba hospital.
(b) Kuba city.
(c) Kuba capital.
(d) Kuba ritual grounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?

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

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

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

5. How old was Leopold when he met a teenage prostitute on one of his European voyages?

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