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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 Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?

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

3. How many black soldiers were in each garrison of Force Publique?

4. What job did Conrad have in 1980 on the Congo River?

5. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Joseph Conrad.

3. When did things change in the Congo?

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

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

6. What happened when Stanley found Dr. Livingstone?

7. What was ivory used for in Europe?

8. Why did Stanley agree to enter into business dealings with King Leopold?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Rudyard Kipling's quote, "Where there aren't no 10 Commandments, an' a man can raise a thirst," an accurate description of the Congo under King Leopold II?

Essay Topic 2

What is genocide? How did Stanley's actions construct the underpinnings of genocide?

Essay Topic 3

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

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