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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 percentage was the population of Congo reduced by as cited by the author during the period covered in Chapter 15?

2. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?

3. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?

4. Leopold put on a lavish display about Congo at the World's Fair and suggest it was what?

5. When was the World's Fair held in Brussels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Casement's voyage through the Congo.

3. What was Elder Dempster?

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

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

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

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

8. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were the abuses and atrocities in the Congo brought to international attention? Who was involved and how did they succeed? Why did more people not complain?

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of Part I? Why would the chapters in Part I be grouped together?

Essay Topic 3

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

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