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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. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?

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

3. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?

4. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?

5. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Leopold easily able to discredit Williams' reports of atrocities in the Congo?

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

3. How did George Washington Williams present himself that was false?

4. What were some of the technological advances that led Leopold's agents to establish dominance in the Congo?

5. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

6. How does Hochschild begin the book?

7. Why did John Rowlands adopt the last name Stanley?

8. What military did George Washington Williams have after the American Civil War?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the Congo's situation not change after King Leopold II sold it to Belgium? What does that say about the interest of the international community in Congo?

Essay Topic 2

What does the tiger symbolize in the song on page 139? What would be the alternative symbolization if the word were lion?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author focus on Caroline, Leopold's mistress? What does this say about Leopold's character?

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