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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Joseph Conrad spend his youth?

2. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?

3. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?

4. Stanley's bizarre route took so long to traverse, that when he arrived to rescue Pasha, what happened?

5. What honorary military rank did Williams receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Leopold want the soldiers in one area to be of a different cultural unit than the subjects in that area?

2. What did the international organizations Leopold established and then dissolved do?

3. Why did Leopold embark on a plan to gain the Congo as a colonial possession?

4. Why did Senator John Tyler Morgan want Leopold's claim to the Congo recognized?

5. What happened to the Europeans on Stanley's expedition in 1874?

6. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?

7. Why did President Arthur recognize Leopold's claim to the Congo?

8. What happened to the young white bachelors who entered into the Congo service?

9. What did Stanley pretend to be once he was a celebrity?

10. What did Leopold do when the venture in the Congo consumed all his funds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was George Williams called the "first heretic?" Is this an accurate title for him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Who influenced the American government to support King Leopold II's claim to the Congo? Why did America support the request?

Essay Topic 3

Why is there a focus on so many biographies in the last few chapters?

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