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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. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?

2. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?

3. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?

4. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

5. What army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the treaties Stanley negotiated with the local chiefs trade for brightly colored cloth?

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

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

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

5. Describe Joseph Conrad.

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

7. Why is Captain Leon Rom the most likely man upon whom Conrad based the character of Kurtz?

8. How did Leopold maneuver and manage Stanley?

9. What was ivory used for in Europe?

10. What did Leopold use his personal control to do to the Congo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Who was Henry M. Stanley? What was his importance to King Leopold II?

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