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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note - Monticello Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1801.

2. At Monticello, how far up a path did Smith have to walk to Jefferson's grave?
(a) About a quarter mile.
(b) About two-thirds of a mile.
(c) About half a mile.
(d) About a third of a mile.

3. When did a DNA test indicate that the father of Sally Heming's youngest child was fathered by Jefferson?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

4. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. For the first how many years that Monticello was a museum, how were most of the guides Black men dresses as slaves?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?

2. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?

3. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

4. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?

5. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?

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