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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. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?

2. What military title did Henry I. Kowalsky affect?

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

4. When did Morel begin publishing articles?

5. What is the word that means someone who always thinks they are sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did King Leopold II have two personalities? What were they? Who saw each side of his personality?

Essay Topic 2

Who influenced the American government to support King Leopold II's claim to the Congo? Why did America support the request?

Essay Topic 3

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

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