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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of?
(a) Anti-abolition.
(b) Voting rights for blacks.
(c) Easing restrictions on blacks.
(d) Abolition.

2. What moniker did Gray assign to Nat Turner?
(a) The "great Bandit."
(b) The "unrepentant runaway."
(c) The "ferocious captive."
(d) The "elusive Fox."

3. What warning, if any, was given for the insurrection?
(a) There was no warning given.
(b) Written plans were discovered, but too late.
(c) A villager overheard two slaves planning, but didn't take it seriously.
(d) One of the participating slaves told his wife.

4. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.
(b) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.
(c) Nat's mind snapped at the thought of being sold again.
(d) Nat was trying to grapple with things beyond his mind's reach.

5. 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 thy life shall be spared.
(b) That the pure shall know repentance.
(c) That thy truth shall be known.
(d) That thy acts will be known to all men.

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

7. How does Gray say the "band" resisted when the white people finally caught up to them?
(a) Feverishly.
(b) With great force.
(c) Desperately.
(d) Feebly.

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

9. When did Nat first begin to plan his rebellion?
(a) After overhearing plans for his sale to Jeremiah Cobb.
(b) While being punished by Joseph Travis.
(c) While trapping rabbits.
(d) While working with Hark.

10. According to Nat's statements, the insurrection was ______.
(a) Local.
(b) Confined to five farms.
(c) Confined to two counties.
(d) Spread across twelve miles.

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

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

13. According to Gray, what excuse did Nat give for his participation in the rebellion?
(a) Because his friends told him to.
(b) Because he was angry.
(c) Because he wanted to be free.
(d) None.

14. Cobb uses a word to describe the children of slaves. What is that word?
(a) Ankle biters.
(b) Terrormongers.
(c) Babies.
(d) Pickaninnies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nat's execution date?

2. Who finds Nat and captures him?

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

4. What reason does Gray give in his introduction for publishing Nat's confessions?

5. What happened to Hark's wife and son?

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