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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?
(a) 1/3 the size.
(b) 2/3 the size.
(c) 1/2 the size.
(d) 1/4 the size.

2. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?
(a) 1.
(b) 11.
(c) 18.
(d) 6.

3. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
(a) Roughly 60%.
(b) About 70%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 55%.

4. What Black poet did Jefferson denigrate?
(a) Phillis Wheatley.
(b) Lucy Terry.
(c) John Jea.
(d) Jupiter Hammon.

5. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?

2. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?

3. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?

4. When did James Hubbard, an enslaved man who worked in Monticello's nail factory run away?

5. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

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