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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Leopold want to retain political power in the Congo?
(a) White men.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Africans.
(d) The local chiefs.

3. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Great Divide.
(c) The Congo River.
(d) The desert.

4. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?
(a) The atrocities he saw.
(b) The good things Leopold was doing.
(c) The horrible way the locals treated the Belgians.
(d) The peaceful conditions.

5. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?
(a) European languages.
(b) African languages.
(c) African and European languages.
(d) English.

6. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?
(a) American Revolutionary War.
(b) War of 1812.
(c) American Civil War.
(d) The 100 Years War.

7. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

8. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?
(a) China.
(b) London.
(c) Russia.
(d) Paris.

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

10. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"?
(a) Madison.
(b) Mellonton.
(c) Mellville.
(d) Marlow.

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

12. Who was President in America when Leopold began to have his colony recognized by the foreign powers?
(a) Polk.
(b) Ford.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Taylor.

13. Whom did Williams abandon when he traveled to Belgium to learn more of the Congo?
(a) A wife and a mistress.
(b) A mother and wife.
(c) A wife and children.
(d) A father and his children.

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

15. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) Original sin.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Human development.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?

2. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?

3. What American state was Senator John Tyler Morgan from?

4. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

5. Stanley is an adopted name for Henry. What was the occupation of the Stanley Henry met in America?

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