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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gray say was the "only principle of restraint" for the band of slaves?
(a) Worry that the alarm would be raised too soon.
(b) Apprehension for their personal safety.
(c) Fear of taking too much time, impeding their escape to the north.
(d) Fear of being caught.

2. What is the nickname T. R. Gray gives to Nat in the "To the Public" section of the book?
(a) Black Bandit.
(b) Powerful Slave.
(c) Great Bandit.
(d) Insane Instigator.

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

4. According to Nat's confession, he had originally intended the rebellion to begin on what day?
(a) His birthday.
(b) His master's birthday.
(c) July 4th.
(d) July 1st.

5. Who is Gray?
(a) A friend of Nat's .
(b) The Mayor.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A friend of Nat's late master.

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

7. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?
(a) Nat's jailer.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Nat's master.
(d) Jeremiah Cobb.

8. Where is Nat found to be hiding?
(a) Under a log.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a swamp.
(d) In the woods.

9. Who is the last slave captured who participated in the rebellion?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Sam.
(c) Hark.
(d) Nat.

10. How do Putnam and MIss Maria punish Hark?
(a) By locking him in the root cellar.
(b) By making him sleep outside.
(c) By whipping him.
(d) By making him climb a tree.

11. How many of the slaves escaped the insurrection without punishment?
(a) Seven.
(b) Only one.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

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

13. 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.

14. Why does Gray say he published the Confessions?
(a) For the gratification of public curiosity.
(b) To include them in his memoirs.
(c) In order to set the record straight.
(d) For punishment of the guilty.

15. Who did Nat confide his plans for the insurrection to?
(a) A few other slaves.
(b) Five other slaves.
(c) Eighteen slaves.
(d) Twelve other slaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Trezevant compare Nat to?

3. Who was Nat's master at the time of the insurrection?

4. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?

5. According to Gray, what excuse did Nat give for his participation in the rebellion?

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