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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an insurrection?
(a) A fight.
(b) An uprising.
(c) A peace march.
(d) An agreement.

2. Who is Miss Maria Pope?
(a) Joseph Travis's half-sister.
(b) Mrs. Travis's half-sister.
(c) Joseph Travis's aunt.
(d) The closest neighbor to the Travis home.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?

2. Who is Gray?

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

4. Nat describes black slaves as being docile, yet filled with ______.

5. What moniker did Gray assign to Nat Turner?

(see the answer key)

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