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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. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?
(a) 7,000 seats.
(b) 9,000 seats.
(c) 6,000 seats
(d) 4,000 seats.

2. According to James Roberts, an enslaved man who fought in the Revolutionary war and was sold in 1783 to a Louisiana plantation, how many women were kept constantly for breeding?
(a) 40 to 50.
(b) 90 to 100.
(c) 50 to 60.
(d) 70 to 80.

3. When was Monticello first opened to the public?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1908.

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

5. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?
(a) 1,900.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 2,800.
(d) 2,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?

2. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?

3. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

4. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?

5. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?

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