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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. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

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

3. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1920.

4. How many American plantations besides Monticello are on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How many languages does Dr. Ibrahima Seck speak?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?

3. How many slaves did the Madison family have on Monticello Plantation?

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

5. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?

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