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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. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

4. When was the oral history project begun to interview descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1992.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What highway did Smith take to Angola Prison?

2. What was the average sentence at Angola?

3. 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?

4. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?

5. How much money did John Cummings invest in Whitney Planation to make it into a museum?

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