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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 country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

2. What was the easiest way to gather the sap of the vines?
(a) Skin the vines.
(b) Trim the vines.
(c) Cut the vines.
(d) Tap the vines.

3. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?
(a) James Gordon Edison.
(b) James Gordon Bennett.
(c) James Gordon Madison.
(d) James Gordon Morrow.

4. Over what route did the Portuguese African slave trade flourish?
(a) Pacific Ocean route.
(b) Mediterranean Ocean route.
(c) Atlantic Ocean route.
(d) Indian Ocean route.

5. What nationality was the shipping firm Elder Dempster from?
(a) French.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?

2. Where was Stanley born?

3. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?

4. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?

5. Congo was rich in wild vines of the genus _________.

(see the answer key)

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