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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. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.
2. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?
(a) American Civil War.
(b) American Revolutionary War.
(c) War of 1812.
(d) The 100 Years War.
3. What year, after locating Livingstone, did Stanley return to Africa?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1877.
(d) 18743.
4. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 56.
(b) 50.
(c) 48.
(d) 53.
5. How many white officers led each each garrison of Force Publique?
(a) One or two.
(b) At least ten.
(c) A dozen.
(d) A few.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Stanley born?
2. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
3. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?
4. Stanley's bizarre route took so long to traverse, that when he arrived to rescue Pasha, what happened?
5. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hochschild begin the book?
2. How did George Washington Williams present himself that was false?
3. What happened when Stanley found Dr. Livingstone?
4. What did Stanley pretend to be once he was a celebrity?
5. What were some of the technological advances that led Leopold's agents to establish dominance in the Congo?
6. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?
7. Why did Leopold want the soldiers in one area to be of a different cultural unit than the subjects in that area?
8. Why did Leopold embark on a plan to gain the Congo as a colonial possession?
9. Why did President Arthur recognize Leopold's claim to the Congo?
10. Why is Captain Leon Rom the most likely man upon whom Conrad based the character of Kurtz?
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