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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:
(a) Negroes need to be handled like wild animals.
(b) Negroes are intellectually deficient.
(c) While slavery exists, rebellions are bound to happen.
(d) The Negro is a biologically inferior species.

3. What book did Nat steal from the Turner library?
(a) A book of maps of the northern states.
(b) His master's Bible.
(c) The plantation's record book.
(d) The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.

4. What happens at Persons' millpond after Nat had been teaching Bible class for a while?
(a) Nat baptizes Ethelred Brantley.
(b) Nat reveals his plans to Hark.
(c) Nat preaches a sermon.
(d) Nat baptizes Thomas Moore.

5. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?
(a) The moral deficiency of the Negro character.
(b) Astute observations on the part of the white slaveholders.
(c) Close monitoring of all slave activities.
(d) The lack of intelligence of the slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marse Samuel propose to Nat when they rode together to Jerusalem?

2. Which Biblical prophet did Nat feel "spoke" to him most clearly about the rebellion?

3. What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection?

4. According to Nat's statements, the insurrection was ______.

5. What was Nat's rebellion not motivated by?

(see the answer key)

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