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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat's mind snapped at the thought of being sold again.
(b) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.
(c) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.
(d) Nat was trying to grapple with things beyond his mind's reach.

2. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?
(a) His foot.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His heart.

3. Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what?
(a) Brain-damaged child.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Deaf and dumb child.
(d) Hog.

4. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:
(a) Negroes are intellectually deficient.
(b) The Negro is a biologically inferior species.
(c) Negroes need to be handled like wild animals.
(d) While slavery exists, rebellions are bound to happen.

5. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?
(a) As a child, relating events that had happened before his birth.
(b) Wanting to train for the priesthood.
(c) Being sold to a new master.
(d) Stealing small items with a group of childhood friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the traveling salesman ask Nat to spell?

2. Benjamin stated that he, too, would like to do away with slavery. What did he say might take the places of the slaves?

3. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?

4. What did Marse Samuel propose to Nat when they rode together to Jerusalem?

5. Who eventually catches Nat with the stolen book?

(see the answer key)

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