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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. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?
(a) Discover their heritage.
(b) Have contact with their families.
(c) Given the option of returning to Africa.
(d) Forcibly repatriated to Africa.

2. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Chile.
(d) Argentina.

3. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
(a) Himself.
(b) The local chiefs.
(c) The Africans.
(d) White men.

4. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?
(a) Middle East.
(b) Africa.
(c) Russia.
(d) Far East.

5. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?
(a) Coal boats.
(b) Row boats.
(c) Steamboats.
(d) Sail boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

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

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

4. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?

5. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?

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