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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1868.

2. Where was Joseph Conrad born?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Finland.
(d) Poland.

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

4. What place in the Congo was Sheppard the first non-native to travel to?
(a) Kuba city.
(b) Kuba capital.
(c) Kuba hospital.
(d) Kuba ritual grounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?

2. What did Leopold issue before the Commission of Inquiry report was published?

3. How long did Conrad spend as a ship's officer in the British merchant marine?

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

5. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?

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