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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?
(a) Jeremiah Cobb.
(b) Nat's master.
(c) The preacher.
(d) Nat's jailer.

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

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

4. What was Nat's rebellion not motivated by?
(a) Revenge or sudden anger.
(b) Confusion or hopelessness.
(c) Frustration or desperation.
(d) Anger or hate.

5. Who is Miss Maria Pope?
(a) The closest neighbor to the Travis home.
(b) Joseph Travis's half-sister.
(c) Joseph Travis's aunt.
(d) Mrs. Travis's half-sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Negroes in church use to fan themselves?

2. What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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