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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did many Europeans die in Congo?
(a) Disease.
(b) Violence.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Old age.

2. What was the name of the workhouse Stanley was sent to as a child?
(a) St. John's.
(b) St. Asaph's.
(c) St. Luke's.
(d) St. Nicholas'.

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

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

5. How long did Conrad spend as a ship's officer in the British merchant marine?
(a) Over a decade.
(b) Five years.
(c) A decade and a half.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?

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

3. When Stanley got to America, what did he do?

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

5. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?

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