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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Southampton is located in what state?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

3. What does Gray say was the "only principle of restraint" for the band of slaves?
(a) Fear of being caught.
(b) Worry that the alarm would be raised too soon.
(c) Fear of taking too much time, impeding their escape to the north.
(d) Apprehension for their personal safety.

4. Hank claimed to be able to tell good white people from bad by:
(a) How loudly they spoke.
(b) The look in their eyes.
(c) What they said.
(d) Their smell.

5. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.
(b) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning, if any, was given for the insurrection?

2. Who is the last slave captured who participated in the rebellion?

3. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?

4. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?

5. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?

(see the answer key)

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