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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 Leopold was in his 70s, what did he do to cause outrage in Belgium?
(a) Divorce his wife to marry Caroline.
(b) Retain Caroline as his wife.
(c) Retain Caroline and her sister as his mistresses.
(d) Retain Caroline as his mistress.

2. For what crime was Sheppard tried for the publication of atrocities in the Congo?
(a) Slander.
(b) Free-speech.
(c) Treason.
(d) Libel.

3. Who is Dorothy Tennant?
(a) Stanley's daughter.
(b) Stanley's wife.
(c) Stanley's mother.
(d) Stanley's mistress.

4. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?
(a) The need for more missionaries in the Congo.
(b) The conditions for white men in the Congo.
(c) The lack of money in the Congo.
(d) The abuses in the Congo.

5. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?
(a) 9 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 11 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?

2. When did the Belgian press expose Shanu as Morel's accomplice?

3. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?

4. When did Casement go to the Congo to make an evaluation of the atrocities?

5. What kind of report did Leopold expect from the Commission of Inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sources of death are included when the author attempts to tally the death toll associated with colonialism in the Congo?

2. What were some of the ways Leopold responded to his critics?

3. What happened if the men of the village took too long to fulfill their quota of rubber demanded of them?

4. How did the natives of the Congo get the rubber from the vines?

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

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

7. Why does the author discuss Leopold's fascination with Caroline?

8. What was Elder Dempster?

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

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

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