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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?
(a) 18.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

2. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
(a) Roughly 60%.
(b) About 70%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 55%.

3. How many plantations did Jefferson have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?
(a) 15 years.
(b) Two decades.
(c) 35 years.
(d) Over 3 decades.

5. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

7. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2003.

8. Where was Smith born and raised?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Atlanta.

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

10. How much money did John Cummings invest in Whitney Planation to make it into a museum?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $15 million.
(c) $12 million.
(d) $7 million.

11. When did a DNA test indicate that the father of Sally Heming's youngest child was fathered by Jefferson?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1995.

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

13. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?
(a) Eston.
(b) Madison.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Harriet.

14. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1917.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

3. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?

4. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?

5. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

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