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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Nat's confession, he had originally intended the rebellion to begin on what day?
(a) His master's birthday.
(b) His birthday.
(c) July 4th.
(d) July 1st.

2. What type of hinges are on the privy door?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Leather.
(c) Wood.
(d) Steel.

3. According to a preacher that Nat heard, he that increaseth knowledge increaseth ________.
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Happiness.

4. Why do Marse Sam and the traveling salesman go out to the veranda?
(a) To calculate how much wood from the mill the salesman can sell.
(b) To buy seeds for next year's plantings.
(c) To make out a requisition.
(d) To decide which plow to buy.

5. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?
(a) The lack of intelligence of the slaves.
(b) The moral deficiency of the Negro character.
(c) Astute observations on the part of the white slaveholders.
(d) Close monitoring of all slave activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cobb uses a word to describe the children of slaves. What is that word?

2. What was the companion book to the one Nat stole?

3. What does Nat see as a good omen right before he returns to the farm from his "sanctuary" after revealing his plans to his core group of followers?

4. Nat remembers a visitor to the Turner household when he was about twelve. What does Nat remember the visitor describing?

5. Which Biblical prophet did Nat feel "spoke" to him most clearly about the rebellion?

(see the answer key)

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