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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. Leopold became wealthy off the resources in the Congo and built multiple what?
(a) Schools.
(b) Universities.
(c) Churches.
(d) Private palaces.

2. Based on what he observed, what did E.D. Morel decide that Belgium's trade with the Congo was?
(a) Severely shortened.
(b) Unbalanced.
(c) Equal.
(d) Fair.

3. How many official depositions did the Commission of Inquiry members take?
(a) 370.
(b) 270.
(c) 470.
(d) 570.

4. When did Shanu begin working for Leopold's regime?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1887.

5. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?
(a) 13 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 11 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dorothy Tennant?

2. When did Morel begin publishing articles?

3. Where did Shanu move when he moved to Congo?

4. What did Sheppard's native Congo name mean?

5. What is the word used to describe someone who is afraid of germs?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Leopold became concerned about Morel's media attacks, what did he try to do?

2. What did Leopold do when he realized he could not suppress the Commission of Inquiry report?

3. What did Leopold do when he determined the situation with the international community and the Congo to be untenable?

4. What did the British Parliament decide to do after passing a resolution protesting the atrocities in the Congo?

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

6. How did Leopold react to the Casement Report?

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

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

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

10. What did Morel do after quitting his job with Elder Dempster?

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