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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
(a) John Rowlands.
(b) John Morton.
(c) John Stanley.
(d) John Edwards.

2. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

3. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Sentara.
(b) Congo.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Nile.

4. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. Over what route did the Portuguese African slave trade flourish?
(a) Pacific Ocean route.
(b) Atlantic Ocean route.
(c) Indian Ocean route.
(d) Mediterranean Ocean route.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?

2. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?

3. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?

4. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

5. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?

(see the answer key)

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