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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What kind of rifles allowed Leopold's agents in the Congo to establish dominance?
(a) Breech-loading rifles.
(b) Side-winding rifles.
(c) Large caliber rifles.
(d) Boar-shot rifles.

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

4. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what route did the Portuguese African slave trade flourish?

2. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?

3. What year did King Leopold's control over the Congo begin?

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

5. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

(see the answer key)

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