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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note - Monticello Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Between 1774 and 1778 how many births and deaths were among Jefferson's enslaved population?
(a) 22 births and 12 deaths.
(b) 25 births and 18 deaths.
(c) 28 births and 15 deaths.
(d) 15 births and 8 deaths.

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

4. How many slaves did the Madison family have on Monticello Plantation?
(a) 200.
(b) About 150.
(c) 170.
(d) More than 300.

5. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
(a) 75.
(b) More than 100.
(c) 125.
(d) About 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?

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

3. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?

4. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

5. For how many generations were some of the slaves at Monticello enslaved there?

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