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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. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.
(a) Lollonaphia.
(b) Lorryaphia.
(c) Lallaphia.
(d) Landolphia.

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

3. What did Elder Dempster have exclusive contracts with Leopold to do?
(a) Carry slaves from Congo to anywhere.
(b) Carry cargo between Congo and Belgium.
(c) Carry slaves to Belgium.
(d) Carry people between Congo and Belgium.

4. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?
(a) Germmander.
(b) Germafear.
(c) Germophobe.
(d) Germgather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Casement, in his youth?

2. When was the World's Fair held in Brussels?

3. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?

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

5. Where did Shanu move when he moved to Congo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

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