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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the ways Leopold managed Stanley?
(a) Public praise.
(b) Threats.
(c) Land grants.
(d) Letters.

2. How old was Leopold when he issued the royal decree that declared his colony the Congo Free State?
(a) 56.
(b) 53.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

3. At what age did Williams tour the Congo?
(a) 38.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 44.

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

5. What war was George Washington Williams a veteran of?
(a) American Civil War.
(b) American Revolutionary War.
(c) The 100 Years War.
(d) War of 1812.

6. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?
(a) Minister and historian.
(b) Minister and politician.
(c) Minister and doctor.
(d) Minister and publisher.

7. Modern schools traditionally interpret "Heart of Darkness" as being allegorical of what?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Human development.
(d) Original sin.

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

9. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?
(a) Ivory rocks.
(b) Balls of ivory.
(c) Elephant tusks.
(d) Processed ivory.

10. How long was the road that Stanley built from the coast to the top of Congo River falls?
(a) 225 miles.
(b) 220 miles.
(c) 235 miles.
(d) 230 miles.

11. What kinds of boats were used on the Congo River above the cataracts?
(a) Row boats.
(b) Coal boats.
(c) Sail boats.
(d) Steamboats.

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

13. How many black soldiers were in each garrison of Force Publique?
(a) Some.
(b) Several dozen.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Fifty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what year had Williams toured the Congo?

3. What is the name of the fanatical madman in "Heart of Darkness"?

4. When Stanley was paroled as a prisoner during the American Civil War, what did he promptly do after being paroled?

5. Who was the chancellor of Germany when Leopold wanted the foreign powers to recognize his colony?

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