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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 was the easiest way to gather the sap of the vines?

2. Who did Leopold negotiate with when he decided to sell Congo?

3. How many official depositions did the Commission of Inquiry members take?

4. When the Casement Report was made public, who did Casement join with to demand action?

5. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Casement Report?

2. What did the British Parliament decide to do after passing a resolution protesting the atrocities in the Congo?

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

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

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

6. What did Leopold do when he realized he could not suppress the Commission of Inquiry report?

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

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

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

10. How did Leopold promote his image of a kindly humanitarian throughout Europe?

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

How is the title of Part II, "A King at Bay" appropriate, or not, for the second part of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author focus on Caroline, Leopold's mistress? What does this say about Leopold's character?

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