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

2. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?
(a) Ivory and rubber.
(b) Ivory and diamonds.
(c) Gold and diamonds.
(d) Rubber and gold.

3. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

4. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?
(a) Have contact with their families.
(b) Discover their heritage.
(c) Forcibly repatriated to Africa.
(d) Given the option of returning to Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?

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

3. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

4. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?

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

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