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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1886.

2. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) England.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Asia.
(d) The New World.

3. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?
(a) Available labor.
(b) Sophisticated.
(c) Artists.
(d) Competent to rule themselves.

4. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Presbyterian
(c) Anglican.
(d) Catholic.

5. Stanley is an adopted name for Henry. What was the occupation of the Stanley Henry met in America?
(a) Trader.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?

2. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

3. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?

4. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?

5. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

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