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

2. When did Morel resign, under pressure, from Elder Dempster?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1904.

3. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?
(a) Elder Dempster.
(b) Leopold.
(c) His boss.
(d) Stanley.

4. How many official depositions did the Commission of Inquiry members take?
(a) 370.
(b) 570.
(c) 470.
(d) 270.

5. When did Casement go to the Congo to make an evaluation of the atrocities?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1906.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Morel began to crusade against the atrocities in the Congo and Africa, he became the center of what?

2. Leopold became wealthy off the resources in the Congo and built multiple what?

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

4. What was the West African Mail?

5. How did Shanu die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Casement Report?

5. What did Stanley do after he gave up adventuring?

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

7. How did Leopold react to the Casement Report?

8. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

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

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

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