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

2. Who was Henry Stanley's mother?
(a) Victoria Parry.
(b) Mary Parry.
(c) Betsy Parry.
(d) Kathy Parry.

3. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?
(a) He had too much power.
(b) He was very handsome.
(c) He was evil.
(d) He was too eccentric.

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

5. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"?

2. What was one of the ways Leopold managed Stanley?

3. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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