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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. Where was Joseph Conrad born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Finland.
(d) Poland.

2. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?
(a) Kallon.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Kurtz.
(d) Kensington.

3. When Williams was in the Congo, what did he write?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Magazine articles.
(c) Books.
(d) Letters.

4. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?
(a) Minister and politician.
(b) Minister and historian.
(c) Minister and doctor.
(d) Minister and publisher.

5. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) As a pilot.
(b) As a stow-away.
(c) As a crew member.
(d) As a passenger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?

2. Where did Joseph Conrad spend his youth?

3. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?

4. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?

5. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?

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