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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hank claimed to be able to tell good white people from bad by:
(a) The look in their eyes.
(b) Their smell.
(c) What they said.
(d) How loudly they spoke.

2. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?
(a) Being tarred and feathered.
(b) A firing squad.
(c) The guillotine.
(d) The gallows.

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

4. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.
(b) Nat was trying to grapple with things beyond his mind's reach.
(c) Nat's mind snapped at the thought of being sold again.
(d) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.

5. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?
(a) The moral deficiency of the Negro character.
(b) The lack of intelligence of the slaves.
(c) Astute observations on the part of the white slaveholders.
(d) Close monitoring of all slave activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of?

2. What is the name of the town Nat can see from his jail cell window?

3. What does Gray tell Nat about the Bible, when he cannot bring one to Nat?

4. According to Nat's confession, how many people did he kill?

5. Which Biblical prophet did Nat feel "spoke" to him most clearly about the rebellion?

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