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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?
(a) His arm.
(b) His heart.
(c) His foot.
(d) His leg.

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the town Nat can see from his jail cell window?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Savannah.

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

8. According to Gray, how many slave uprisings had there been in the area prior to Nat Turner's?
(a) Nat's rebellion was the first.
(b) There had been three prior rebellions.
(c) There had been one prior rebellion, also put down.
(d) There had been two prior rebellions.

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

10. Who finds Nat and captures him?
(a) Benjamin Phipps.
(b) Benjamin Armstrong.
(c) Benjamin Phelps.
(d) Benjamin Pepper.

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

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

13. What happened to Hark's wife and son?
(a) They were sold to Mississippi.
(b) They moved to another plantation.
(c) They escaped.
(d) They died.

14. What weapon does Nat's captor carry?
(a) A sword.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nat's confession, he had originally intended the rebellion to begin on what day?

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

3. In Part 1, how does Gray refer to Nat?

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

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

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