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

2. What did one of Stanley's sick employees compare Stanley to a few weeks before dying?
(a) A slavedriver.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A boat captain.

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

4. When Stanley got to America, what did he do?
(a) Deserted the ship.
(b) Paid for his passage.
(c) Became captain of the ship.
(d) Snuck off the ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year, after locating Livingstone, did Stanley return to Africa?

2. Where was Stanley born?

3. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?

4. In what year did Stanley locate Livingstone?

5. What was the purpose of Leopold's establishment of international organizations to look after Africa's interests?

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