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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goree Island - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

2. What philospher did one of the girls at Maison de'Education Mariama Ba mention who thought little of Africa and African people?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Jacobi.
(c) Feuerbach.
(d) Friedrich.

3. Where was Smith's grandfather born?
(a) Pontotoc, Mississippi.
(b) Booneville, Mississippi.
(c) Monticello, Mississippi.
(d) Flowood, Mississippi.

4. What color was a Ku Klux Klan robe Smith saw at a museum in the Epilogue?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

5. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
(a) 57 percent.
(b) 53 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 62 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist designed the statues in the church at Whitney Plantation?

2. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?

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

4. When Smith attended a Juneteenth celebration, how long had Kathy Tiernan been organizing the programs?

5. When was the African Burial Ground declared a National Historic Landmark?

(see the answer key)

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