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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. Who was President in America when Leopold began to have his colony recognized by the foreign powers?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Ford.
(c) Polk.
(d) Taylor.

2. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) Human development.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Original sin.
(d) The Bible.

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

4. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?
(a) Side-winding rifles.
(b) Boar-shot rifles.
(c) Large caliber rifles.
(d) Breech-loading rifles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?

2. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?

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

4. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?

5. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did President Arthur recognize Leopold's claim to the Congo?

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

3. What did Leopold use his personal control to do to the Congo?

4. Why was Leopold easily able to discredit Williams' reports of atrocities in the Congo?

5. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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

7. How did George Washington Williams present himself that was false?

8. How does Hochschild begin the book?

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

10. Why did Senator John Tyler Morgan want Leopold's claim to the Congo recognized?

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