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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Casement travel, after Congo, to document abuses against the natives?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Peru.

2. What military title did Henry I. Kowalsky affect?
(a) Major.
(b) General.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Colonel.

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

4. When Leopold was in his 70s, what did he do to cause outrage in Belgium?
(a) Retain Caroline as his mistress.
(b) Divorce his wife to marry Caroline.
(c) Retain Caroline as his wife.
(d) Retain Caroline and her sister as his mistresses.

5. When Morel began to crusade against the atrocities in the Congo and Africa, he became the center of what?
(a) Humanitarian missionaries.
(b) Humanitarian publishing.
(c) Humanitarian donations.
(d) Humanitarian need organizations.

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

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

8. What profession did Henry I. Kowalsky practice?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Editor.

9. When did Morel establish the West African Mail?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1904.

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

11. How old was Leopold when he met a teenage prostitute on one of his European voyages?
(a) 60.
(b) 63.
(c) 62.
(d) 65.

12. When did Casement produce the Casement Report?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1905.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?

2. What did Leopold issue before the Commission of Inquiry report was published?

3. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?

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

5. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?

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