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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 military title did Henry I. Kowalsky affect?

2. When did Morel begin publishing articles?

3. When Morel began to crusade against the atrocities in the Congo and Africa, he became the center of what?

4. Leopold became wealthy off the resources in the Congo and built multiple what?

5. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened if the men of the village took too long to fulfill their quota of rubber demanded of them?

2. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

3. What caused the official pressure on Leopold from the international front?

4. When Leopold became concerned about Morel's media attacks, what did he try to do?

5. What was the Casement Report?

6. What did Stanley do after he gave up adventuring?

7. What did Sheppard do because of his travels around the Congo?

8. If the death of 50% of the population in the Congo was not genocide per se, what was it?

9. What were some of the ways Leopold responded to his critics?

10. What is the implication of Morel's epiphany at the end of Part I?

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

The book ends with a summary of Congo's independence movement and current conditions. How does the history of the Congo influence these events?

Essay Topic 3

What were the reasons King Leopold II did not outright colonize the Congo? How did this affect his decisions in Europe?

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