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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Leopold send Arthur Stevens?
(a) London.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Paris.

3. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?
(a) John Morton.
(b) John Stanley.
(c) John Rowlands.
(d) John Edwards.

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

5. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Finland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?

2. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?

3. What was the name of the colony that the Congo was annexed to Belgium as in 1908?

4. When did Leopold issue the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?

5. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?

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