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

2. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?
(a) Head.
(b) Nose.
(c) Beard.
(d) Chin.

3. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The desert.
(b) The Congo River.
(c) The Great Divide.
(d) The Nile.

4. 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) Republic of Congo.
(d) Free Congo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?

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

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

4. Stanley's bizarre route took so long to traverse, that when he arrived to rescue Pasha, what happened?

5. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?

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