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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nat sees something on the way back from Jerusalem that has a big effect on him. What is it?
(a) A slave being sold at auction.
(b) A line of chained slaves being taken to Georgia.
(c) Marse Samuel selling a slave.
(d) Marse Samuel buying a slave.

2. In Part 3, how many Negroes did Gray say there were in Southampton County?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 7,000.

3. As Nat approaches the age of thirty, what does he notice about the area in which he lives?
(a) A bit of prosperity is returning.
(b) His fellow slaves are much more miserable.
(c) The drought is destroying everything.
(d) His master is getting meaner.

4. Who does Trezevant compare Nat to?
(a) The Pope.
(b) President Andrew Jackson.
(c) Attila the Hun.
(d) Ivan the Terrible.

5. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:
(a) While slavery exists, rebellions are bound to happen.
(b) Negroes are intellectually deficient.
(c) Negroes need to be handled like wild animals.
(d) The Negro is a biologically inferior species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection?

2. Nat's father "ran off" from the Turner household. Why?

3. Gray initially blames Nat's "failure" on the slaves' what?

4. In Part One, Nat tells Gray that the Lord told him to confess so that "all nations will know." What was the other reason the Lord gave Nat for confessing?

5. According to Gray's "Introduction" people in the Southampton area were __________.:

(see the answer key)

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