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Phillis Wheatley Felicia JonesWheatley compares General George Washington's army with the
___ to show they can be successful too. - CORRECT ANSWER-The French Gallic
powers
Phillis Wheatley was - CORRECT ANSWER-the first African American published
writer
the 3rd published woman writer
the first African American enslaved (woman) writer
After Wheatley sent George Washington the poem, what did
George Washington do? - CORRECT ANSWER-He invited her to a meeting
As a slave, Phillis Wheatley taught herself how to read and write. - CORRECT
ANSWER-False
Wheatley notes George Washington's failures in the poem in hopes
of getting him to see that slavery is a failure, also. - CORRECT ANSWER-False
Phillis Wheatley was influenced by all of the following poets - CORRECT
ANSWER-Alexander Pope
John Milton
Thomas Gray
Wheatley is explicit in making it known that she not only wants
freedom from the colonies, but freedom from slavery - CORRECT ANSWER-False
Why did Mr. Wheatley purchase Phillis Wheatley? - CORRECT ANSWER-As a
companion for his wife
Wheatley says others are watching to see how America responds
to the American Revolution. How was this proven true? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
American Revolution inspired the French Revolution
Wheatley married John Peters, a free black man who was - CORRECT ANSWER-a
writer and a speaker
Wheatley uses a mythological allusion of __ in which she compares
General George Washington - CORRECT ANSWER-Eolus
Wheatley and her husband had three children, but two of the three
children died - CORRECT ANSWER-False
, "The refluent surges beat the sounding shore...and so many, moves
the warrior's train." - This illustrates - CORRECT ANSWER-the ebb and flow
movement of troops in military formation
Wheatley died at the age of 31... - CORRECT ANSWER-Penniless
What symbol does Wheatley use to represent victory? - CORRECT ANSWER-A
laurel
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER-a figure of speech in which one directly
addresses an inanimate object
When beginning her poem, Wheatley addresses a - CORRECT ANSWER-Muse
Caesura - CORRECT ANSWER-A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually
near the middle of the line.
Wheatley gives a historical allusion to ___ which helps establish her
credibility and shows she knows her history - CORRECT ANSWER-Christopher
Columbus
Thomas Paine - CORRECT ANSWER-Founding father who published Pennsylvania
magazine
What is the tone in the work? George Washington - CORRECT ANSWER-urgency
praising
encouraging
Epistle - CORRECT ANSWER-a letter or literary composition in letter form
What was the purpose of the letter and poem to General George
Washington? - CORRECT ANSWER-to encourage the revolution against England
According to the poem, Wheatley personifies __ saying it brought
her out of Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mercy
In To His Excellency George Washington, Wheatley describes the
goddess of ___ coming down from the heavens. - CORRECT ANSWER-Freedom
What evidence does Wheatley provide that Africans may be
redeemed? - CORRECT ANSWER-Wheatley's own conversion to Christianity
The letter/poem was published in ___ when Thomas Paine was the
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