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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Sentara.
(b) Nile.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Congo.

2. What kind of degree did Williams claim to have?
(a) No degree.
(b) A law degree.
(c) An advanced collegiate degree.
(d) A basic literature degree.

3. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Chile.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Argentina.

4. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?
(a) Steamboats.
(b) Row boats.
(c) Sail boats.
(d) Coal boats.

5. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Poland.
(b) Finland.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

2. What year was the Force Publique established?

3. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?

4. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?

5. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did President Arthur recognize Leopold's claim to the Congo?

2. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"? What is his job?

3. Why is Captain Leon Rom the most likely man upon whom Conrad based the character of Kurtz?

4. What did Stanley pretend to be once he was a celebrity?

5. What did Leopold use his personal control to do to the Congo?

6. What did the treaties Stanley negotiated with the local chiefs trade for brightly colored cloth?

7. Why did Leopold embark on a plan to gain the Congo as a colonial possession?

8. Why did John Rowlands adopt the last name Stanley?

9. Why did Leopold want the soldiers in one area to be of a different cultural unit than the subjects in that area?

10. When did things change in the Congo?

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