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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 many Europeans die in Congo?
(a) Disease.
(b) Old age.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Violence.

2. Who was the chancellor of Germany when Leopold wanted the foreign powers to recognize his colony?
(a) Scholinder.
(b) Bismarck.
(c) Harbringer.
(d) Vichmart.

3. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?
(a) China.
(b) Paris.
(c) Russia.
(d) London.

4. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?
(a) Kurtz.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Kensington.
(d) Kallon.

5. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The Great Divide.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The desert.
(d) The Congo River.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?

2. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?

3. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?

4. Where did Joseph Conrad spend his youth?

5. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?

(see the answer key)

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