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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?
(a) Row boats.
(b) Coal boats.
(c) Steamboats.
(d) Sail boats.

3. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) America.
(d) England.

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

5. When was the Berlin Conference, where Africa was divided between the Europeans, held?
(a) 1884-85.
(b) 1886-87.
(c) 1887-88.
(d) 1885-86.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

2. In what country was Williams commissioned a lieutenant?

3. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?

4. Where was Joseph Conrad born?

5. Where did Stanley go after the Berlin Conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the treaties Stanley negotiated with the local chiefs trade for brightly colored cloth?

2. When did things change in the Congo?

3. Why did Leopold want the soldiers in one area to be of a different cultural unit than the subjects in that area?

4. What was ivory used for in Europe?

5. What did the international organizations Leopold established and then dissolved do?

6. What happened to the young white bachelors who entered into the Congo service?

7. What did Leopold use his personal control to do to the Congo?

8. What happened to the Congo Free State in 1908?

9. Who is the protagonist in "Heart of Darkness"? What is his job?

10. How did Leopold maneuver and manage Stanley?

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