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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, and Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?
(a) Diogo Cao.
(b) Divala Cao.
(c) Disarro Cao.
(d) Diresus Cao.

2. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) As a passenger.
(b) As a stow-away.
(c) As a pilot.
(d) As a crew member.

3. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Became a trader.
(b) Deserted.
(c) Leave America.
(d) Fight.

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

5. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?
(a) He had too much power.
(b) He was evil.
(c) He was too eccentric.
(d) He was very handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?

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

3. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?

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

5. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?

(see the answer key)

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