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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. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

2. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?

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

4. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?

5. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"? What is his job?

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

10. Describe Joseph Conrad.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the book?

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

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