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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality was the shipping firm Elder Dempster from?
(a) Spanish.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

2. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?
(a) 1887-88.
(b) 1885-86.
(c) 1884-85.
(d) 1886-87.

3. Who was President in America when Leopold began to have his colony recognized by the foreign powers?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Polk.
(d) Ford.

4. What did Elder Dempster have exclusive contracts with Leopold to do?
(a) Carry cargo between Congo and Belgium.
(b) Carry slaves from Congo to anywhere.
(c) Carry slaves to Belgium.
(d) Carry people between Congo and Belgium.

5. What did Sheppard's native Congo name mean?
(a) The black Englishman.
(b) The scary black man.
(c) The black helpful man.
(d) The black white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many Europeans die in Congo?

2. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?

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

4. Who is Dorothy Tennant?

5. What did the first comprehensive census of the Congo determine the national population to be?

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