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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, and Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?
(a) As a pilot.
(b) As a passenger.
(c) As a stow-away.
(d) As a crew member.

2. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?
(a) Leave America.
(b) Fight.
(c) Deserted.
(d) Became a trader.

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

4. A Portuguese explorer was the first European to discover the mouth of which river?
(a) Nile.
(b) Sentara.
(c) Congo.
(d) Ivory.

5. What army did Stanley enlist with during the American Civil War?
(a) British Army.
(b) Confederate Army.
(c) Union Army.
(d) French Foreign Legion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

2. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?

3. By what year were most of the coastal areas of Africa claimed as colonies by various European powers?

4. Who was Henry Stanley's mother?

5. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?

(see the answer key)

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