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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 many people were killed in a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, as they prayed?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

2. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. How many slaves did the Madison family have on Monticello Plantation?
(a) More than 300.
(b) 170.
(c) About 150.
(d) 200.

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

5. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?
(a) 1749.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1752.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?

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

3. Where is Whitney Plantation located?

4. When was Monticello first opened to the public?

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

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