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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in church with Hark, Nat makes plans to gather with other blacks where?
(a) Behind the general store.
(b) In the alley next to the courthouse.
(c) At the graveyard.
(d) Near the creek behind the church.

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

3. 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.

4. What is Nat's execution date?
(a) November 1st.
(b) November 12th.
(c) November 11th.
(d) Thanksgiving Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nat sees something on the way back from Jerusalem that has a big effect on him. What is it?

2. After dinner, what does Miss Nell do?

3. According to Nat, Hark's name might be short for what?

4. What does Gray say was the "only principle of restraint" for the band of slaves?

5. Who is the last slave captured who participated in the rebellion?

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