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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 type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?
(a) Human possession.
(b) Power possession.
(c) Colonial possession.
(d) Resource possession.

2. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?
(a) None.
(b) A few.
(c) As many as could get there.
(d) A lot.

3. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Berlin.

4. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Israel.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Syria.

5. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Deserted.
(b) Became a trader.
(c) Leave America.
(d) Fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

2. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

3. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?

4. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?

5. Stanley's bizarre route took so long to traverse, that when he arrived to rescue Pasha, what happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Europeans on Stanley's expedition in 1874?

2. How does Hochschild begin the book?

3. When did things change in the Congo?

4. What happened when Stanley found Dr. Livingstone?

5. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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

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

8. How did Leopold maneuver and manage Stanley?

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

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

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