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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. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Presbyterian
(d) Baptist.

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

3. When Stanley got to America, what did he do?
(a) Deserted the ship.
(b) Snuck off the ship.
(c) Paid for his passage.
(d) Became captain of the ship.

4. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?
(a) Free Congo.
(b) Republic of Congo.
(c) Belgian Congo.
(d) Congo Free State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many Europeans die in Congo?

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

3. What job did Conrad have in 1980 on the Congo River?

4. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

5. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

(see the answer key)

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