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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 army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?
(a) Union Army.
(b) British Army.
(c) French Foreign Legion.
(d) Confederate Army.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

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

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

4. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?

5. When Stanley got to America, what did he do?

(see the answer key)

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