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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 did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?
(a) A letter from King Leopold.
(b) Public honors.
(c) A statue.
(d) Public hatred.

2. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?
(a) Colonization.
(b) Leopold's public statements.
(c) Congo's independence.
(d) Morel's publications.

3. What is the main disease cited in Chapter 15 as a major cause of death?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Measles.
(d) Smallpox.

4. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?
(a) The animals.
(b) The medicine and fuel.
(c) The women and children.
(d) The tools and food.

5. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Carrie Ann.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Caroline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.

2. When did Morel begin publishing articles?

3. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?

4. What does Leopold purchase several magazines and newspapers to control?

5. What nationality was the shipping firm Elder Dempster from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the official pressure on Leopold from the international front?

2. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

3. What was E.D. Morel's conclusion, upon seeing that the trade between Belgium and the Congo was severely unbalanced?

4. What did Sheppard do because of his travels around the Congo?

5. What is the implication of Morel's epiphany at the end of Part I?

6. How did Leopold promote his image of a kindly humanitarian throughout Europe?

7. What did Leopold do when he realized he could not suppress the Commission of Inquiry report?

8. When Leopold became concerned about Morel's media attacks, what did he try to do?

9. What did Morel do after quitting his job with Elder Dempster?

10. What happened when Leopold determined that hiring Kowalsky was a mistake?

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