View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 2013 law suit when three men on death row sued Angola for "appalling and extreme conditions" (111), what was the heat index on death row at times?
(a) 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 175 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 195 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 185 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. At Monticello, how far up a path did Smith have to walk to Jefferson's grave?
(a) About a third of a mile.
(b) About a quarter mile.
(c) About half a mile.
(d) About two-thirds of a mile.

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

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

5. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did James Hubbard, an enslaved man who worked in Monticello's nail factory run away?

3. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?

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

5. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jefferson feel about separating families, and did he separate families?

2. What was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?

3. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?

4. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?

5. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?

6. How did David Thorson compare history, nostalgia, and memory?

7. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?

8. How did medical schools use the bodies of the enslaved?

9. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?

10. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,043 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample