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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 is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?

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

3. When did Sheppard travel to Africa?

4. What was the West African Mail?

5. How did Shanu die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What sources of death are included when the author attempts to tally the death toll associated with colonialism in the Congo?

9. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

10. What happened when Leopold determined that hiring Kowalsky was a mistake?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How was Conrad's novel, "The Heart of Darkness," based in fact? How was it autobiographical?

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