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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. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?
(a) Discover their heritage.
(b) Given the option of returning to Africa.
(c) Have contact with their families.
(d) Forcibly repatriated to Africa.

2. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?
(a) He got sick.
(b) There was a bounty on his head.
(c) He had a sick family.
(d) His time in the Congo ran out.

3. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) As a passenger.
(b) As a crew member.
(c) As a pilot.
(d) As a stow-away.

4. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?
(a) Large caliber rifles.
(b) Boar-shot rifles.
(c) Side-winding rifles.
(d) Breech-loading rifles.

5. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?
(a) Leopold.
(b) Elder Dempster.
(c) His boss.
(d) Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?

4. What suffered because of Leopold's fascination with the young girl and his adventures with her?

5. What army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?

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