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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 was the World's Fair held in Brussels?

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

3. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?

4. What was Dorothy Tennant's job?

5. What was Sheppard's name among the natives in the Congo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Casement Report?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did the official Commission of Inquiry do?

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

Why was George Williams called the "first heretic?" Is this an accurate title for him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why is there a focus on so many biographies in the last few chapters?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of the book?

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