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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. When Leopold was in his 70s, what did he do to cause outrage in Belgium?

2. What work did Casement do in Africa?

3. Leopold became wealthy off the resources in the Congo and built multiple what?

4. What is the word that means someone who always thinks they are sick?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What caused the official pressure on Leopold from the international front?

4. What happened when Leopold determined that hiring Kowalsky was a mistake?

5. What did Stanley do after he gave up adventuring?

6. What was Elder Dempster?

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

8. What happened if the men of the village took too long to fulfill their quota of rubber demanded of them?

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

10. What did Sheppard do because of his travels around the Congo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who influenced the American government to support King Leopold II's claim to the Congo? Why did America support the request?

Essay Topic 3

What does the tiger symbolize in the song on page 139? What would be the alternative symbolization if the word were lion?

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