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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. Hezekiah Andrew Shanu was born and educated in what is now known as which country?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Niger.

2. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?
(a) E.D. Morel.
(b) Politicians.
(c) British officials.
(d) Military personnel.

3. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?
(a) Belgian Parliament.
(b) German Council.
(c) British Parliament.
(d) U.S. Senate.

4. When the Casement Report was made public, who did Casement join with to demand action?
(a) Senator McKenna.
(b) The Belgian public.
(c) The British Government.
(d) Morel.

5. What did E.D. Morel determine was the only explanation for what he was seeing on the docks?
(a) Widespread slavery.
(b) Death threats.
(c) Theft of resources.
(d) Willing workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?

2. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?

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

4. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?

5. When did Morel establish the West African Mail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Leopold do when he determined the situation with the international community and the Congo to be untenable?

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

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

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

7. What did Shanu do after he became disillusioned with Leopold's regime in the Congo?

8. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

9. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

10. What did the British Parliament decide to do after passing a resolution protesting the atrocities in the Congo?

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