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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. Based on what he observed, what did E.D. Morel decide that Belgium's trade with the Congo was?
(a) Fair.
(b) Unbalanced.
(c) Severely shortened.
(d) Equal.

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

3. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?
(a) Steamboats.
(b) Coal boats.
(c) Sail boats.
(d) Row boats.

4. What was one of the ways Leopold managed Stanley?
(a) Threats.
(b) Letters.
(c) Land grants.
(d) Public praise.

5. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A boat captain.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A slavedriver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was the Force Publique established?

3. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?

4. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?

5. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

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