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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Nat first begin to plan his rebellion?
(a) While being punished by Joseph Travis.
(b) While working with Hark.
(c) After overhearing plans for his sale to Jeremiah Cobb.
(d) While trapping rabbits.

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

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

4. On Marse Samuel's plantation, how were the slaves awoken in the morning?
(a) By Abraham's trumpet call.
(b) By the foreman.
(c) By a triangle being rung at the Big House.
(d) By Nat running through the slave cabins waking everyone.

5. What does Gray tell Nat about the Bible, when he cannot bring one to Nat?
(a) It is not ment for Nat.
(b) It is better left alone.
(c) It is a waste of time.
(d) It is evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, what does Miss Nell do?

2. How did Benjamin die?

3. According to Nat's statements, the insurrection was ______.

4. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?

5. In the Introduction, what two methods did Gray say were used by the slaves to attempt to find safety?

(see the answer key)

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