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

2. What did E.D. Morel realize the only thing exported to the Congo was?
(a) Firearms and ammunition.
(b) Firearms and medicine.
(c) Whips and chains.
(d) Books and paper.

3. Who is Dorothy Tennant?
(a) Stanley's wife.
(b) Stanley's mistress.
(c) Stanley's daughter.
(d) Stanley's mother.

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

5. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?
(a) President.
(b) Governor.
(c) Senator.
(d) Ambassador.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President in America when Leopold began to have his colony recognized by the foreign powers?

2. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?

3. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?

4. Leopold put on a lavish display about Congo at the World's Fair and suggest it was what?

5. What job did E.D. Morel work at with Elder Dempster?

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