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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. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?
(a) Syria.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Israel.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

2. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
(a) John Edwards.
(b) John Morton.
(c) John Rowlands.
(d) John Stanley.

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

4. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?
(a) Chin.
(b) Nose.
(c) Beard.
(d) Head.

5. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1886.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did coagulated sap from the wild vines in the Congo form the basis of?

2. What kind of degree did Williams claim to have?

3. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?

4. What job did Conrad have in 1980 on the Congo River?

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

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