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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?
(a) The good things Leopold was doing.
(b) The atrocities he saw.
(c) The peaceful conditions.
(d) The horrible way the locals treated the Belgians.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Williams was in the Congo, what did he write?

3. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?

4. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

5. Stanley is an adopted name for Henry. What was the occupation of the Stanley Henry met in America?

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