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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. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 53.
(b) 56.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

2. Who was the chancellor of Germany when Leopold wanted the foreign powers to recognize his colony?
(a) Scholinder.
(b) Harbringer.
(c) Bismarck.
(d) Vichmart.

3. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Asia.
(c) England.
(d) The New World.

4. Who was Henry Stanley's mother?
(a) Kathy Parry.
(b) Betsy Parry.
(c) Victoria Parry.
(d) Mary Parry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

3. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

4. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

5. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?

(see the answer key)

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