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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, how does Gray refer to Nat?
(a) As a man among men.
(b) As animate chattel.
(c) As a thing.
(d) As a victim.

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

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

4. In the introduction, what does Gray state Nat's mind "first became"?
(a) Sad and depressed.
(b) Upset and confused.
(c) Bewildered and confounded.
(d) Angry and twisted.

5. What does Gray state that Nat's confessions demonstrate about the laws?
(a) How they restrain the slaves.
(b) How they protect the white slaveholders.
(c) How they are unfair to the slaves.
(d) How they help locate runaway slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Cobb ask Nat to spell?

2. Who is Gray?

3. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?

4. How does Gray say the "band" resisted when the white people finally caught up to them?

5. Where is Nat found to be hiding?

(see the answer key)

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