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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

2. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?
(a) Monacan.
(b) Munsee Lanape.
(c) Nottoway.
(d) Choctaw.

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

4. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 39.
(b) 36.
(c) 28.
(d) 22.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

2. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?

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

4. How many of Jefferson's descendants are buried in the Jefferson Cemetery?

5. What did David Thorson, the guide at Monticello, do before becoming a tour guide?

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