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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Leopold negotiate with when he decided to sell Congo?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) France.

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

3. When Williams was in the Congo, what did he write?
(a) Books.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) Magazine articles.
(d) Letters.

4. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Finland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Poland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Henry I. Kowalsky practice?

2. How old was Leopold when he met a teenage prostitute on one of his European voyages?

3. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?

4. When was Henry Morton Stanley born?

5. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?

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