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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. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) Original sin.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Human development.
(d) Marriage.

2. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?
(a) Kuba ritual grounds.
(b) Kuba capital.
(c) Kuba city.
(d) Kuba hospital.

3. Who was the chancellor of Germany when Leopold wanted the foreign powers to recognize his colony?
(a) Harbringer.
(b) Scholinder.
(c) Bismarck.
(d) Vichmart.

4. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Leave America.
(b) Became a trader.
(c) Fight.
(d) Deserted.

5. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?
(a) Foreign investment.
(b) Slave labor.
(c) Leopold's investment.
(d) Missionary money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?

2. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

3. What was Dorothy Tennant's job?

4. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?

5. Who did Leopold send Stanley to rescue after the Berlin Conference?

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