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Questions

1. What was Heart of Darkness author, Joseph Conrad, attempting to show through his novel?

2. What are some of the actions taken by Leopold's Force Publique army in the Congo? (Be very speci?c, cite evidence from the reading)

3. Describe the system of labor put into place by King Leopold to gather ivory and wild rubber. Was this a form of slavery? Be very speci?c with your answer and cite proof from the text.

4. How did Edmund Morel almost single-handedly convince the world that something terrible was happening in King Leopold's Congo Free State?

5. What was "the heart of darkness"?

6. What crimes did the mercenary soldiers commit in the Congo?

7. "Listen to the yell of Leopold's ghost, Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host, Hear how the demons chuckle and yell, cutting his hands off, down in hell" Elaborate on the meaning of this epitaph written by Vachel Lindsay.

8. Why was Germany paying reparations to Israel, and for what reasons?

9. Analyze the letters written by General Lothar von Trotha, what does he say in his letters about the Herero and other tribes? What are his intentions in the letters?

10. According to the reading, where did the ?rst genocide of the 20th century take place, and why was it called the killing ?elds?

11. What actions did German troops take against the Herero to kill them? Are the actions taken by General von Trotha and his soldiers genocidal actions?

12. After reading the section Zero Response, summarize what the section is about. Analyze what the surviving Herero want, and why they are not getting the reparations they deserve.