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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. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1885.

2. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Leave America.
(b) Fight.
(c) Deserted.
(d) Became a trader.

3. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?
(a) He had a sick family.
(b) He got sick.
(c) His time in the Congo ran out.
(d) There was a bounty on his head.

4. Who did Leopold send Stanley to rescue after the Berlin Conference?
(a) Ernie Pasha.
(b) Alma Pasha.
(c) Arnold Pasha.
(d) Emin Pasha.

5. Where was Stanley born?
(a) Edinburough.
(b) Wales.
(c) London.
(d) Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?

2. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?

3. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?

4. Over what route did the Portuguese African slave trade flourish?

5. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?

(see the answer key)

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