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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 did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?

2. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?

3. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?

4. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?

5. What did Leopold issue before the Commission of Inquiry report was published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Shanu do after he became disillusioned with Leopold's regime in the Congo?

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

3. What did Morel do after quitting his job with Elder Dempster?

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

5. What was E.D. Morel's conclusion, upon seeing that the trade between Belgium and the Congo was severely unbalanced?

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

7. What was the Casement Report?

8. How did the natives of the Congo get the rubber from the vines?

9. How did Leopold react to the Casement Report?

10. Why does the author discuss Leopold's fascination with Caroline?

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

Who is Rom? What does he symbolize for the Congo?

Essay Topic 3

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

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