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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three adjectives does Gray use to describe Nat Turner's mind?
(a) Evil, thoughtless, and cruel.
(b) Excited, devious, and mischievous.
(c) Distraught, feverish, and plotting.
(d) Dark, bewildered, and overwrought.

2. What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of?
(a) Anti-abolition.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Easing restrictions on blacks.
(d) Voting rights for blacks.

3. What does Nat remember seeing after getting to Major Ridley's place?
(a) The butler running up the street to sound the alarm.
(b) Negroes with rifles and muskets.
(c) Major Ridley coming out to make peace with Nat.
(d) Negroes running away from the farm.

4. What term does Nat use to describe Hark's marriage to Tiny?
(a) Jumped over the broomstick.
(b) Said their vows.
(c) Said three Hail Marys .
(d) Danced at dawn.

5. What is Nat going to be tried for?
(a) Disturbance of the Peace.
(b) A felony.
(c) Theft.
(d) A misdemeanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Turner says he submits Nat's "own account of the conspiracy" to the public ____________.

2. What happened to Nate at the end of the book?

3. Nat convinces some of his followers to join him by telling them of a "black" conqueror. About whom did Nat speak?

4. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?

5. Why was Nat taught to read and write?

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