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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What highway did Smith take to Angola Prison?
(a) I-49.
(b) I-59.
(c) I-10.
(d) I-12.
2. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?
(a) 1/2 the size.
(b) 2/3 the size.
(c) 1/4 the size.
(d) 1/3 the size.
3. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?
(a) Virginia Commonwealth University.
(b) Williams & Mary.
(c) University of Virginia.
(d) James Madison University.
4. When did a DNA test indicate that the father of Sally Heming's youngest child was fathered by Jefferson?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2001.
5. When was Monticello first opened to the public?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1923.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Smith visited Angola Prison, what percent of people serving life sentences were Black?
2. How long did it take to build Jefferson's house at Monticello?
3. Where is Whitney Plantation located?
4. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
5. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?
2. How did medical schools use the bodies of the enslaved?
3. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
4. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?
5. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?
6. How did John Cummings establish the Whitney Plantation?
7. How did David Thorson describe slavery?
8. How did David Thorson compare history, nostalgia, and memory?
9. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
10. Who was the first person put to death in Louisiana by lethal injection?
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