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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Leopold II gain the throne of Belgium?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1855.

3. When Williams left the Congo, where did he go?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Syria.

4. Where did Leopold send Henry Shelton Sanford?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?

2. At what age did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

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

4. What job did Conrad have in 1980 on the Congo River?

5. When Leopold fired Kowalsky, whom did Kowalsky turn over masses of damning documents to?

(see the answer key)

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