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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Gray refer to the insurgent slaves as?
(a) A "ravaging band of murderers."
(b) The "ebony slaughterers."
(c) A "band of ferocious miscreants."
(d) "Heartless heathens set upon vengeance."

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

8. What three adjectives does Gray use to describe Nat Turner's mind?
(a) Dark, bewildered, and overwrought.
(b) Evil, thoughtless, and cruel.
(c) Distraught, feverish, and plotting.
(d) Excited, devious, and mischievous.

9. In the Introduction, what two methods did Gray say were used by the slaves to attempt to find safety?
(a) Running away or swimming.
(b) Concealment or returning home.
(c) Begging for mercy or hiding on another plantation.
(d) Poling down the river or hiding on a boat.

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

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

12. According to Nat's confession, how many people did he kill?
(a) Thirty-Two.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

13. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?
(a) The gallows.
(b) A firing squad.
(c) Being tarred and feathered.
(d) The guillotine.

14. Who was Nat's master at the time of the insurrection?
(a) Dr. Ballard.
(b) Joseph Travis.
(c) Samuel Turner.
(d) Jeremiah Cobb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nat's execution date?

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

3. What is the nickname T. R. Gray gives to Nat in the "To the Public" section of the book?

4. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:

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

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