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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. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 39.
(b) 28.
(c) 22.
(d) 36.

2. What was the average sentence at Angola?
(a) 84 years.
(b) 79 years.
(c) 87 years.
(d) 90 years.

3. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?
(a) 45 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 35 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

4. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?
(a) 62.
(b) Late 60s.
(c) 68.
(d) Early 70s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American plantations besides Monticello are on the UNESCO World Heritage List?

2. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?

3. For how many generations were some of the slaves at Monticello enslaved there?

4. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?

5. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?

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