King Leopold's Ghost Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

King Leopold's Ghost Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the ways Leopold managed Stanley?
(a) Public praise.
(b) Land grants.
(c) Letters.
(d) Threats.

2. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
(a) John Rowlands.
(b) John Edwards.
(c) John Morton.
(d) John Stanley.

3. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Sentara.
(c) Nile.
(d) Congo.

4. What year was the Force Publique established?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1889.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

2. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?

3. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?

4. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"?

5. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Leopold do when the venture in the Congo consumed all his funds?

2. What happened to the Europeans on Stanley's expedition in 1874?

3. How does Hochschild begin the book?

4. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

5. Why did Leopold embark on a plan to gain the Congo as a colonial possession?

6. Why did Leopold want the soldiers in one area to be of a different cultural unit than the subjects in that area?

7. What military did George Washington Williams have after the American Civil War?

8. Why did John Rowlands adopt the last name Stanley?

9. What were some of the technological advances that led Leopold's agents to establish dominance in the Congo?

10. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"? What is his job?

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