History 1123

Reading Questions: Max Havelaar, 281-320.

1. What was Max Havelaar's strategy for exposing the abuses of the Regent of Lebak and of what abuses did he accuse him?
   
   
2. What was the response of the Resident of Lebak Slymering and what consequences flowed from Havelaar's complaint?
   
   
3. What does Droogstoppel think of Havelaar's criticisms of the Dutch East Indies administration?
   
   
4. Why do you think that Multatuli appears as himself at the end of the book?
   

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