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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) Prussia.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

2. What was the name of the workhouse Stanley was sent to as a child?
(a) St. Luke's.
(b) St. Nicholas'.
(c) St. John's.
(d) St. Asaph's.

3. When Williams was in the Congo, what did he write?
(a) Magazine articles.
(b) Letters.
(c) Books.
(d) Newspaper articles.

4. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?
(a) Artists.
(b) Available labor.
(c) Competent to rule themselves.
(d) Sophisticated.

5. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?

2. Where was Stanley born?

3. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?

4. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?

5. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?

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