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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 T. R. Gray mean by "this population"?
(a) Shopkeepers.
(b) White people.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Slave owners.

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

3. According to Nat, Hark's name might be short for what?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Harken.
(c) Hank.
(d) Hector.

4. Who is Jeremiah Cobb?
(a) The judge at Nat's trial.
(b) A white man who survived by hiding from the slaves.
(c) A neighbor of Joseph Travis, Nat's master.
(d) A saloon keeper.

5. What moniker did Gray assign to Nat Turner?
(a) The "great Bandit."
(b) The "unrepentant runaway."
(c) The "ferocious captive."
(d) The "elusive Fox."

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Nat captured?

2. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?

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

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

5. How many of the slaves escaped the insurrection without punishment?

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