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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 is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?
(a) James Gordon Morrow.
(b) James Gordon Edison.
(c) James Gordon Madison.
(d) James Gordon Bennett.

2. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Presbyterian

3. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?
(a) Belgian Congo.
(b) Congo Free State.
(c) Free Congo.
(d) Republic of Congo.

4. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1845.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?

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

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

4. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?

5. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?

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