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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. What did E.D. Morel determine was the only explanation for what he was seeing on the docks?
(a) Death threats.
(b) Willing workers.
(c) Widespread slavery.
(d) Theft of resources.

2. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?
(a) Competent to rule themselves.
(b) Sophisticated.
(c) Available labor.
(d) Artists.

3. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?
(a) His time in the Congo ran out.
(b) He had a sick family.
(c) There was a bounty on his head.
(d) He got sick.

4. What army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?
(a) French Foreign Legion.
(b) Union Army.
(c) British Army.
(d) Confederate Army.

5. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?
(a) Medicine and food.
(b) Paper and books.
(c) Thread and needles.
(d) Brightly-colored cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

2. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?

3. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?

4. Who was Henry Stanley's mother?

5. What was Sheppard's name among the natives in the Congo?

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