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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shanu recruit for in Congo?
(a) Rubber harvesters.
(b) Force Publique.
(c) Mine workers.
(d) Riverboat crews.

2. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.
(a) Lorryaphia.
(b) Landolphia.
(c) Lallaphia.
(d) Lollonaphia.

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

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

5. What church was William Henry Sheppard a missionary for?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

3. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?

4. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?

5. What did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?

(see the answer key)

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