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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 of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

4. What artist designed the statues in the church at Whitney Plantation?
(a) Sam Gilliam.
(b) Kehinde Wiley.
(c) Woodrow Nash.
(d) Charles Alston.

5. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?
(a) 354.
(b) 407.
(c) 391.
(d) 289.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

3. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?

4. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?

5. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?

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