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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nat wonder about after sentencing?
(a) Saving Hark.
(b) Stealing a Bible.
(c) Escaping.
(d) Redemption.

2. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?
(a) Cobb is considering buying Nat.
(b) Cobb needs repairs to his dogcart.
(c) Cobb requests water from the Travis well.
(d) Cobb stops by to visit Joseph Travis.

3. How does Gray say the "band" resisted when the white people finally caught up to them?
(a) Feverishly.
(b) Desperately.
(c) With great force.
(d) Feebly.

4. What reason does Gray give in his introduction for publishing Nat's confessions?
(a) To pay off his debts.
(b) To create a record for posterity.
(c) For the gratification of public curiosity.
(d) To write an abolitionist tract.

5. What moniker did Gray assign to Nat Turner?
(a) The "elusive Fox."
(b) The "unrepentant runaway."
(c) The "great Bandit."
(d) The "ferocious captive."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gray tell Nat about the Bible, when he cannot bring one to Nat?

2. According to Nat's confession, he had originally intended the rebellion to begin on what day?

3. What word did Cobb ask Nat to spell?

4. According to Nat's confession, how many people did he kill?

5. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?

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