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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?
(a) Cobb is considering buying Nat.
(b) Cobb requests water from the Travis well.
(c) Cobb needs repairs to his dogcart.
(d) Cobb stops by to visit Joseph Travis.

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

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

4. According to Gray's "Introduction" people in the Southampton area were __________.:
(a) "Very worried" about the insurrection.
(b) "Harbored sinister suspicions" regarding future uprisings.
(c) "Greatly excited" about the uprising.
(d) "Afraid for their lives" from the slaves.

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

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

7. Who does Trezevant compare Nat to?
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Ivan the Terrible.
(d) President Andrew Jackson.

8. What is Joseph Travis's profession?
(a) A wheelwright.
(b) A judge.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A farmer.

9. What does Gray think should have led the band of slaves to greater efforts?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Desperation.

10. In Part One, Nat tells Gray that the Lord told him to confess so that "all nations will know." What was the other reason the Lord gave Nat for confessing?
(a) That the pure shall know repentance.
(b) That thy truth shall be known.
(c) That thy acts will be known to all men.
(d) That thy life shall be spared.

11. What do the Negroes in church use to fan themselves?
(a) Pine boughs.
(b) Thin, pine-bark shingles.
(c) Starched, ironed pieces of cloth.
(d) Folded pieces of paper.

12. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?
(a) As a child, relating events that had happened before his birth.
(b) Stealing small items with a group of childhood friends.
(c) Wanting to train for the priesthood.
(d) Being sold to a new master.

13. What does Nat remember during Gray's speech to the court?
(a) A song Miss Margaret wrote.
(b) A stern lecture from his master.
(c) The twenty-third Psalm.
(d) Hearing God order him to kill.

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

15. Which Biblical prophet did Nat feel "spoke" to him most clearly about the rebellion?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Noah.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gray refer to the insurgent slaves as?

2. In the Introduction, what two methods did Gray say were used by the slaves to attempt to find safety?

3. In the introduction, what does Gray state Nat's mind "first became"?

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

5. On what date was Nat captured?

(see the answer keys)

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