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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Finland.
(d) Switzerland.
2. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Deserted.
(b) Became a trader.
(c) Leave America.
(d) Fight.
3. Where did Stanley become a celebrity for being the first European to explore Africa's interior?
(a) Germany.
(b) Prussia.
(c) France.
(d) England.
4. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) Asia.
(b) The New World.
(c) Portugal.
(d) England.
5. Where was Joseph Conrad born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Finland.
6. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?
(a) A mother and wife.
(b) A wife and children.
(c) A father and his children.
(d) A wife and a mistress.
7. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?
(a) Minister and politician.
(b) Minister and historian.
(c) Minister and doctor.
(d) Minister and publisher.
8. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Sentara.
(b) Nile.
(c) Congo.
(d) Ivory.
9. How many black soldiers were in each garrison of Force Publique?
(a) Some.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Several dozen.
10. How did many Europeans die in Congo?
(a) Disease.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Violence.
(d) Old age.
11. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Presbyterian
12. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?
(a) Boar-shot rifles.
(b) Side-winding rifles.
(c) Breech-loading rifles.
(d) Large caliber rifles.
13. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.
14. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?
(a) He was too eccentric.
(b) He was evil.
(c) He had too much power.
(d) He was very handsome.
15. When Stanley got to America, what did he do?
(a) Became captain of the ship.
(b) Paid for his passage.
(c) Deserted the ship.
(d) Snuck off the ship.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?
2. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?
3. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?
4. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
5. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
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