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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. When did Morel establish the West African Mail?

2. Where was Casement sent when he was in the British consular services?

3. What was the probable name of the prostitute that Leopold made his mistress?

4. In 1903, who passed a resolution protesting atrocities in Congo?

5. What kind of report did Leopold expect from the Commission of Inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Elder Dempster?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Leopold react to the Casement Report?

10. What did Leopold do when he determined the situation with the international community and the Congo to be untenable?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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