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

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

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

4. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1886.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Henry Stanley's mother?

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

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

5. By what year were most of the coastal areas of Africa claimed as colonies by various European powers?

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