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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shortly after the trial, what happens to Nate?
(a) He gets a Bible.
(b) He gets a warning.
(c) He gets a fever.
(d) He gets a premonition.

2. What does Nat compare Hark to as Hark is being carried out to his execution?
(a) Shadow of a man.
(b) Sacrificial lamb.
(c) Marvelous black potentate.
(d) King on a throne.

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

4. When Dr. Ballard visits and discusses slavery with Marse Samuel, what does he posits is in the slave's best interest?
(a) To be kept in benevolent subjection.
(b) To be kept under a watchful eye.
(c) To be kept in supported care.
(d) To be kept within close quarters.

5. What is the nickname T. R. Gray gives to Nat in the "To the Public" section of the book?
(a) Insane Instigator.
(b) Great Bandit.
(c) Black Bandit.
(d) Powerful Slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nat have to leave his childhood home?

2. According to a preacher that Nat heard, he that increaseth knowledge increaseth ________.

3. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?

4. Why does Gray say he published the Confessions?

5. In the Introduction, Gray hopes that the description of Nat's rebellion will demonstrate policy regarding what?

(see the answer key)

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