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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. What is the main disease cited in Chapter 15 as a major cause of death?
(a) Measles.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Mumps.

2. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?
(a) None.
(b) As many as could get there.
(c) A few.
(d) A lot.

3. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?
(a) Caroline.
(b) The Belgian Prime Minister.
(c) Morel.
(d) The newspaper editors.

4. Who is Dorothy Tennant?
(a) Stanley's daughter.
(b) Stanley's mother.
(c) Stanley's wife.
(d) Stanley's mistress.

5. What was the name of the workhouse Stanley was sent to as a child?
(a) St. John's.
(b) St. Luke's.
(c) St. Asaph's.
(d) St. Nicholas'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Leopold grant droit de preference to?

2. What punishment would men who failed to meet their quota of vines undergo?

3. What nationality was the shipping firm Elder Dempster from?

4. When was the World's Fair held in Brussels?

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

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