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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 Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?
(a) March 1, 1873.
(b) March 13, 1873.
(c) April 30, 1873.
(d) April 19, 1873.

2. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
(a) 62 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 53 percent.
(d) 57 percent.

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

4. When Smith visited Angola Prison, what percent of people serving life sentences were Black?
(a) 71%.
(b) 69%.
(c) 83%.
(d) 62%.

5. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1993.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1774 and 1778 how many births and deaths were among Jefferson's enslaved population?

2. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?

3. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?

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

5. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?

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