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

2. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?
(a) Minister and historian.
(b) Minister and doctor.
(c) Minister and politician.
(d) Minister and publisher.

3. When did Morel begin publishing articles?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1900.

4. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?
(a) Diresus Cao.
(b) Disarro Cao.
(c) Divala Cao.
(d) Diogo Cao.

5. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?
(a) Syria.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on what he observed, what did E.D. Morel decide that Belgium's trade with the Congo was?

2. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

3. What did Elder Dempster have exclusive contracts with Leopold to do?

4. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?

5. Hezekiah Andrew Shanu was born and educated in what is now known as which country?

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