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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Nat captured?
(a) October 30, 1831.
(b) October 29, 1831.
(c) October 31, 1831.
(d) November 1, 1831.

2. What word did Cobb ask Nat to spell?
(a) Cat.
(b) Cobb.
(c) Nat.
(d) Dog.

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

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

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

6. What does Nat wonder about after sentencing?
(a) Escaping.
(b) Stealing a Bible.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Saving Hark.

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

8. What was Nat's rebellion not motivated by?
(a) Confusion or hopelessness.
(b) Anger or hate.
(c) Revenge or sudden anger.
(d) Frustration or desperation.

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

10. 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 1st.
(d) July 4th.

11. 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) Being sold to a new master.
(d) Wanting to train for the priesthood.

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

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) Hearing God order him to kill.
(d) The twenty-third Psalm.

14. Nat describes black slaves as being docile, yet filled with ______.
(a) Fury.
(b) Fear .
(c) Pain.
(d) Revenge.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in jail, about how many blacks does Hark say were killed while Nat hid?

2. Who is Jeremiah Cobb?

3. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?

4. According to Gray's "Introduction" people in the Southampton area were __________.:

5. What does Gray think should have led the band of slaves to greater efforts?

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