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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Conrad have to leave the Congo and return to England?
(a) He got sick.
(b) He had a sick family.
(c) There was a bounty on his head.
(d) His time in the Congo ran out.

2. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?
(a) The coast was cheaper to colonize.
(b) The local people were friendlier.
(c) They had more riches.
(d) They were immediately accessible.

3. How did many Europeans die in Congo?
(a) Accidents.
(b) Violence.
(c) Old age.
(d) Disease.

4. Who unsuccessfully bribed Morel to stop his work on the Congo?
(a) His boss.
(b) Elder Dempster.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Stanley.

5. What would be seized until the men of the village delivered a specific quota of sap?
(a) The tools and food.
(b) The women and children.
(c) The medicine and fuel.
(d) The animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were the roads and railroads in Congo completed and improved?

3. What disease did Williams contract when he left the Congo?

4. What was the name of the workhouse Stanley was sent to as a child?

5. What did Williams write about, while in the Congo?

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