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The Confessions of Nat Turner Quiz

William Styron
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The Confessions of Nat Turner Quiz

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1)

Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says: (from Part 1)

While slavery exists, rebellions are bound to happen.
Negroes need to be handled like wild animals.
Negroes are intellectually deficient.
The Negro is a biologically inferior species.
2)

Nat speaks of the growth of hatred in the Negro, but says one other thing must happen for the hatred to harden. What is that other thing? (from Part 4)

To be treated kindly by the white man, then taken away from that kindness.
To live to some degree of intimacy with the white man.
To be treated as an object rather than a human.
To gain some education, thereby learning the depths of his fate.
3)

Who was Nat's owner when Nat was about twelve? (from Part 2)

Samuel Turner.
Mrs. Turner.
Jeremiah Cobb.
He was free when he was twelve.
4)

What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of? (from Part 1)

Voting rights for blacks.
Abolition.
Easing restrictions on blacks.
Anti-abolition.
5)

What type of hinges are on the privy door? (from Part 2)

Rubber.
Wood.
Leather.
Steel.
6)

Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what? (from Part 2)

Hog.
Chicken.
Deaf and dumb child.
Brain-damaged child.
7)

When Marse Samuel had to sell the plantation, what was the most valuable of the property? (from Part 4)

The house.
The land.
The machinery.
The slaves.
8)

When Nat preaches after Will and Sam's fight, how does he talk to the slaves that gather around him? (from Part 4)

He uses proper English in order to impress them.
He yells at them.
He uses "nigger talk."
He whispers so they need to get near him to hear.
9)

What did Marse Samuel state he couldn't advocate freeing saves without? (from Part 2)

Paying jobs.
Prejudice.
Money to live on.
Education.
10)

Nat remembers a visitor to the Turner household when he was about twelve. What does Nat remember the visitor describing? (from Part 2)

Winter.
Fall.
Spring.
Summer.
11)

What was the first stop for the initial band of men on the insurrection? (from Part 3)

Jeremiah Cobb's plantation.
The Barnett plantation.
Benjamin Turner's homestead.
Joseph Travis's farm.
12)

Nat sees something on the way back from Jerusalem that has a big effect on him. What is it? (from Part 2)

A line of chained slaves being taken to Georgia.
Marse Samuel buying a slave.
A slave being sold at auction.
Marse Samuel selling a slave.
13)

Nat's father "ran off" from the Turner household. Why? (from Part 2)

Because the Underground Railroad came through.
Because Benjamin Turner hit him.
Because another slave threatened to kill him.
Because he learned about the North Star.
14)

Who is the one person Nat wished to kill, whom he missed? (from Part 4)

Nathaniel Francis.
Benjamin Turner.
Joel Westbrook.
Jeremiah Cobb.
15)

What is the name of the town Nat can see from his jail cell window? (from Part 1)

Savannah.
Richmond.
Fredericksburg.
Jerusalem.
16)

What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection? (from Part 3)

A Baptist revival camp meeting.
A slave trader coming through town with over 100 slaves.
The mill in town closing down.
A visit from a famous minister and teacher.
17)

What does Nat compare Hark to as Hark is being carried out to his execution? (from Part 4)

Marvelous black potentate.
Shadow of a man.
King on a throne.
Sacrificial lamb.
18)

What happens at Persons' millpond after Nat had been teaching Bible class for a while? (from Part 3)

Nat reveals his plans to Hark.
Nat preaches a sermon.
Nat baptizes Ethelred Brantley.
Nat baptizes Thomas Moore.
19)

Nat says that, even for a learned slave like himself, it wasn't in the "mood" of a slave to do what? (from Part 4)

Work harder than he has to.
Dwell on the future.
Expend any energy.
Hope for a better day tomorrow.
20)

When Nat preaches after Will and Sam's fight, what part of the Bible does he talk about? (from Part 4)

The parting of the Red Sea.
Moses delivering the Jews out of Egypt.
Noah's Ark saving the faithful.
God punishing the Pharaoh for being evil.
21)

What is a smudge pot used for? (from Part 2)

Keeping the house fires lit.
Lighting gentlemen's cigarettes.
Providing heat on the veranda.
Keeping mosquitoes away.
22)

What term does Nat use to describe Hark's marriage to Tiny? (from Part 3)

Jumped over the broomstick.
Danced at dawn.
Said their vows.
Said three Hail Marys .
23)

What did Miss Nell give Nat one year for Christmas? (from Part 2)

A copy of the Gettysburg Address.
A copy of The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.
A Bible.
A book by Sir Walter Scott.
24)

While driving Miss Margaret to the Vaughans' farm, what dying animal do she and Nat see? (from Part 3)

A cow.
A buzzard.
A turtle.
A raccoon.
25)

While in jail, about how many blacks does Hark say were killed while Nat hid? (from Part 1)

One hundred.
Two hundred.
Fifty.
One hundred fifty.
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