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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 of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?
(a) Diogo Cao.
(b) Disarro Cao.
(c) Divala Cao.
(d) Diresus Cao.

2. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The Congo River.
(b) The Great Divide.
(c) The desert.
(d) The Nile.

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

4. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?
(a) James Gordon Madison.
(b) James Gordon Edison.
(c) James Gordon Morrow.
(d) James Gordon Bennett.

5. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?
(a) Beard.
(b) Chin.
(c) Head.
(d) Nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?

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

3. Who was the chancellor of Germany when Leopold wanted the foreign powers to recognize his colony?

4. How did many Europeans die in Congo?

5. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

(see the answer key)

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