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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. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1842.

2. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?
(a) Free Congo.
(b) Republic of Congo.
(c) Congo Free State.
(d) Belgian Congo.

3. How many white officers led each each garrison of Force Publique?
(a) A few.
(b) One or two.
(c) At least ten.
(d) A dozen.

4. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?
(a) English.
(b) European languages.
(c) African languages.
(d) African and European languages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?

2. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?

3. What kind of degree did Williams claim to have?

4. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?

5. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?

2. How does Hochschild begin the book?

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

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

5. What did Leopold do when the venture in the Congo consumed all his funds?

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

7. Why did Senator John Tyler Morgan want Leopold's claim to the Congo recognized?

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

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

10. Why was Leopold easily able to discredit Williams' reports of atrocities in the Congo?

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