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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Williams tour the Congo?

2. What year, after locating Livingstone, did Stanley return to Africa?

3. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?

4. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?

5. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the young white bachelors who entered into the Congo service?

2. What was ivory used for in Europe?

3. How does Hochschild begin the book?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?

10. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the title of Part II, "A King at Bay" appropriate, or not, for the second part of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Rom? What does he symbolize for the Congo?

Essay Topic 3

Those who colonized the Congo, such as King Leopold, did so in the name of progress, humanity, and Christianity. Were their actions hypocritical? How? Support your answer with evidence from the book.

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