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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. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?
(a) Human possession.
(b) Colonial possession.
(c) Resource possession.
(d) Power possession.

2. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?
(a) London.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Paris.

3. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?
(a) They were immediately accessible.
(b) The local people were friendlier.
(c) The coast was cheaper to colonize.
(d) They had more riches.

4. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?
(a) Middle East.
(b) Far East.
(c) Africa.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?

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

3. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?

4. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

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

(see the answer key)

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