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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. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Congo.
(c) Sentara.
(d) Nile.

2. What did Sheppard write many letters to international contacts complaining about?
(a) The lack of money in the Congo.
(b) The need for more missionaries in the Congo.
(c) The abuses in the Congo.
(d) The conditions for white men in the Congo.

3. What kind of degree did Williams claim to have?
(a) An advanced collegiate degree.
(b) No degree.
(c) A law degree.
(d) A basic literature degree.

4. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?
(a) England.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) America.

5. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
(a) The local chiefs.
(b) The Africans.
(c) Himself.
(d) White men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

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

3. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

4. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?

5. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?

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