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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jeremiah Cobb?
(a) The judge at Nat's trial.
(b) A saloon keeper.
(c) A white man who survived by hiding from the slaves.
(d) A neighbor of Joseph Travis, Nat's master.

4. Southampton is located in what state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) West Virginia.

5. What is Joseph Travis's profession?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A judge.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A wheelwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction, what does Gray state Nat's mind "first became"?

2. What does T. R. Gray mean by "this population"?

3. What word did Cobb ask Nat to spell?

4. Who was Nat's master at the time of the insurrection?

5. What does Gray say was the "only principle of restraint" for the band of slaves?

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