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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) The New World.
(b) Portugal.
(c) England.
(d) Asia.

2. Stanley is an adopted name for Henry. What was the occupation of the Stanley Henry met in America?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Trader.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Businessman.

3. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1835.

4. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?
(a) Republic of Congo.
(b) Belgian Congo.
(c) Free Congo.
(d) Congo Free State.

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?
(a) Far East.
(b) Africa.
(c) Middle East.
(d) Russia.

10. How did Stanley view the local people in the Congo?
(a) Competent to rule themselves.
(b) Artists.
(c) Available labor.
(d) Sophisticated.

11. What did the treaties Stanley made exchange for all mineral, animal, and wealth rights?
(a) Thread and needles.
(b) Paper and books.
(c) Brightly-colored cloth.
(d) Medicine and food.

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

13. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?
(a) To provide someone to look out for Africans.
(b) To provide employment for Europeans in Africa.
(c) To launder money coming in and out of Africa.
(d) To provide a smokescreen for his activities in Africa.

14. Who did Leopold send Stanley to rescue after the Berlin Conference?
(a) Ernie Pasha.
(b) Alma Pasha.
(c) Emin Pasha.
(d) Arnold Pasha.

15. What position did Henry Shelton Sanford hold?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) President.
(c) Governor.
(d) Senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?

2. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?

3. Senator Morgan wanted the Congo to be a colony in order for newly freed slaves to be what?

4. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

5. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

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