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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?
(a) 225 miles.
(b) 235 miles.
(c) 230 miles.
(d) 220 miles.

2. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?
(a) 1887-88.
(b) 1885-86.
(c) 1884-85.
(d) 1886-87.

3. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?
(a) Prussia.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

5. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Poland.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?

2. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

3. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?

4. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

5. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?

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