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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 was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
(a) John Morton.
(b) John Rowlands.
(c) John Edwards.
(d) John Stanley.

2. What did Shanu receive when he went to Belgium in 1894?
(a) Public hatred.
(b) Public honors.
(c) A letter from King Leopold.
(d) A statue.

3. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?
(a) France.
(b) Berlin.
(c) America.
(d) England.

4. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1871.

5. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1888.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?

2. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

3. What type of possession did Leopold want the Congo as?

4. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?

5. Where was Joseph Conrad born?

(see the answer key)

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