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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. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1944.
2. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?
(a) Virginia Commonwealth University.
(b) University of Virginia.
(c) Williams & Mary.
(d) James Madison University.
3. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 21 years.
(d) 24 years.
4. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1899.
5. At Monticello, how far up a path did Smith have to walk to Jefferson's grave?
(a) About a quarter mile.
(b) About half a mile.
(c) About a third of a mile.
(d) About two-thirds of a mile.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
2. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
3. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?
4. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?
5. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Niya Bates, then Monticello's director of African American history and of the Getting Word oral history project, trying to find descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
2. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?
3. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
4. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
5. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?
6. What was Ulrich Bonnell Phillips theory about chattel slavery and when was the first book written to change this idea?
7. How did David Thorson compare history, nostalgia, and memory?
8. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?
9. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
10. What is the replica of a slave cabin like at Monticello?
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