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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1886.

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

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

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

5. Over what route did the Portuguese African slave trade flourish?
(a) Mediterranean Ocean route.
(b) Pacific Ocean route.
(c) Indian Ocean route.
(d) Atlantic Ocean route.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

2. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?

3. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?

4. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?

5. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?

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