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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gray state that Nat's confessions demonstrate about the laws?
(a) How they help locate runaway slaves.
(b) How they restrain the slaves.
(c) How they protect the white slaveholders.
(d) How they are unfair to the slaves.

2. What is the name of the town Nat can see from his jail cell window?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Savannah.

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

4. What warning, if any, was given for the insurrection?
(a) Written plans were discovered, but too late.
(b) One of the participating slaves told his wife.
(c) A villager overheard two slaves planning, but didn't take it seriously.
(d) There was no warning given.

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 a waste of time.
(c) It is evil.
(d) It is better left alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank claimed to be able to tell good white people from bad by:

2. According to Gray, how many slave uprisings had there been in the area prior to Nat Turner's?

3. What does Nat remember during Gray's speech to the court?

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

5. Nat's mother considers the household servants to be what?

(see the answer key)

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