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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Gray refer to the insurgent slaves as?
(a) "Heartless heathens set upon vengeance."
(b) The "ebony slaughterers."
(c) A "band of ferocious miscreants."
(d) A "ravaging band of murderers."

4. Turner says he submits Nat's "own account of the conspiracy" to the public ____________.
(a) "For you to judge."
(b) "As it was dictated to me."
(c) "For posterity."
(d) "Without comment."

5. According to Gray, how many slave uprisings had there been in the area prior to Nat Turner's?
(a) There had been three prior rebellions.
(b) There had been two prior rebellions.
(c) Nat's rebellion was the first.
(d) There had been one prior rebellion, also put down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nat's mind "finally" became what, according to Gray?

2. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?

3. According to Nat's statements, the insurrection was ______.

4. Where is Nat found to be hiding?

5. How does Gray refer to himself in the introduction?

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