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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Leopold bribe in order to suppress information or subvert the truth?
(a) E.D. Morel.
(b) British officials.
(c) Military personnel.
(d) Politicians.

2. What does Leopold purchase several magazines and newspapers to control?
(a) Their news.
(b) Their content.
(c) Their circulation.
(d) Their advertising.

3. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?
(a) The newspaper editors.
(b) Morel.
(c) The Belgian Prime Minister.
(d) Caroline.

4. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?
(a) The tools and food.
(b) The animals.
(c) The women and children.
(d) The medicine and fuel.

5. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?
(a) Dock sheet.
(b) Loading summary.
(c) Receipt.
(d) Manifest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the relationship between the summary of the report Leopold had published and the official Commission of Inquiry report?

2. Where did Casement travel, after Congo, to document abuses against the natives?

3. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

4. What did the official Commission of Inquiry report validate?

5. For what crime was Sheppard tried for the publication of atrocities in the Congo?

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