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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Nat, Hark's name might be short for what?
(a) Harken.
(b) Hank.
(c) Hector.
(d) Hercules.

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

3. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat was trying to grapple with things beyond his mind's reach.
(b) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.
(c) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.
(d) Nat's mind snapped at the thought of being sold again.

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

5. What does Nat wonder about after sentencing?
(a) Stealing a Bible.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Saving Hark.

6. Who is the last slave captured who participated in the rebellion?
(a) Sam.
(b) Hark.
(c) Nat.
(d) Nelson.

7. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?
(a) Boys trapped in quicksand.
(b) Being lost.
(c) Escaping.
(d) Winning his case in court and being freed.

8. Cobb uses a word to describe the children of slaves. What is that word?
(a) Pickaninnies.
(b) Ankle biters.
(c) Terrormongers.
(d) Babies.

9. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?
(a) Wanting to train for the priesthood.
(b) Stealing small items with a group of childhood friends.
(c) Being sold to a new master.
(d) As a child, relating events that had happened before his birth.

10. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?
(a) Cobb is considering buying Nat.
(b) Cobb needs repairs to his dogcart.
(c) Cobb stops by to visit Joseph Travis.
(d) Cobb requests water from the Travis well.

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

12. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?
(a) Nat's master.
(b) Nat's jailer.
(c) The preacher.
(d) Jeremiah Cobb.

13. 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.

14. In Part 1, how does Gray refer to Nat?
(a) As a thing.
(b) As a man among men.
(c) As animate chattel.
(d) As a victim.

15. How do Putnam and MIss Maria punish Hark?
(a) By making him climb a tree.
(b) By whipping him.
(c) By making him sleep outside.
(d) By locking him in the root cellar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Southampton is located in what state?

3. According to Gray, how many slave uprisings had there been in the area prior to Nat Turner's?

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

5. Who is Gray?

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