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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shanu recruit for in Congo?
(a) Rubber harvesters.
(b) Mine workers.
(c) Force Publique.
(d) Riverboat crews.

2. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?
(a) Morel's publications.
(b) Congo's independence.
(c) Leopold's public statements.
(d) Colonization.

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

4. When did Sheppard travel to Africa?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1893.

5. When was the first comprehensive census of the Congo performed?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1922.

6. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Carrie Ann.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Catherine.

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

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

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

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

11. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Catholic.

12. Leopold became wealthy off the resources in the Congo and built multiple what?
(a) Churches.
(b) Private palaces.
(c) Universities.
(d) Schools.

13. What job did E.D. Morel work at with Elder Dempster?
(a) Ship captain.
(b) Dock hand.
(c) Freight manager.
(d) Clerk.

14. What kind of report did Leopold expect from the Commission of Inquiry?
(a) An honest report.
(b) A favorable report.
(c) A whitewashed report.
(d) A detailed report.

15. What work did Casement do in Africa?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Research.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Humanitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that means someone who always thinks they are sick?

2. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?

3. By who was the official Commission of Inquiry staffed?

4. What profession did Henry I. Kowalsky practice?

5. When Leopold was in his 70s, what did he do to cause outrage in Belgium?

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