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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. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) As a passenger.
(b) As a crew member.
(c) As a pilot.
(d) As a stow-away.

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

3. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?
(a) A wife and children.
(b) A father and his children.
(c) A wife and a mistress.
(d) A mother and wife.

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

5. What honorary military rank did Williams receive?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant General.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?

2. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

3. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?

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

5. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

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