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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?
(a) Human possession.
(b) Power possession.
(c) Resource possession.
(d) Colonial possession.

2. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The Great Divide.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Congo River.
(d) The desert.

3. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?
(a) None.
(b) As many as could get there.
(c) A few.
(d) A lot.

4. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1885.

5. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?
(a) Ivory and diamonds.
(b) Ivory and rubber.
(c) Rubber and gold.
(d) Gold and diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black soldiers were in each garrison of Force Publique?

2. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?

3. What span of years does Chapter 15 attempt to reconcile the death toll from?

4. What is the name for the piece of paper that shows what freight a ship is carrying?

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

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