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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Casement go to the Congo to make an evaluation of the atrocities?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1905.

2. How did Shanu die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) On the high seas.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.

3. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?
(a) His boss.
(b) Elder Dempster.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Stanley.

4. What did Sheppard's native Congo name mean?
(a) The black Englishman.
(b) The black helpful man.
(c) The scary black man.
(d) The black white man.

5. What nationality was the shipping firm Elder Dempster from?
(a) British.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) French.

6. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?
(a) Germgather.
(b) Germmander.
(c) Germophobe.
(d) Germafear.

7. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?
(a) Belgian Parliament.
(b) British Parliament.
(c) German Council.
(d) U.S. Senate.

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

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

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

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

12. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?
(a) 11 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 13 million.
(d) 9 million.

13. What suffered because of Leopold's fascination with the young girl and his adventures with her?
(a) His kingdom.
(b) His marriage.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His treasury.

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

15. Hezekiah Andrew Shanu was born and educated in what is now known as which country?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Niger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shanu recruit for in Congo?

2. What did E.D. Morel realize the only thing exported to the Congo was?

3. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?

4. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?

5. Based on what he observed, what did E.D. Morel decide that Belgium's trade with the Congo was?

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