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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goree Island - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1901.

4. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1813.

5. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?
(a) Nearly 260.
(b) Almost 300.
(c) 229.
(d) 274.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take to build Jefferson's house at Monticello?

3. When did the State of Louisiana transition from the electric chair to lethal injection?

4. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?

5. In "Goree Island," how long had it been since Smith first visited Goree?

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