Phillis Wheatley

How old was Phillis Wheatley in 1773, when she was first published?

• either 13 or 15 years old

• either 19 or 20 years old

• either 26 or 27 years old

• either 30 or 31 years old

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What is the name of Phillis Wheatley's poetry book?

• Narrative of a Slave

• Poems of an American Slave Woman

• Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

• On Being Brought from Africa to America

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In which country was the book published?

• Africa

• England

• America

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When Ms. Wheatley was captured she was taken to___.

• Boston

• Newark

• Virginia

• Alabama

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Wheatley learned to read and also read ____ writers.

• German

• Spanish

• Latin

• African

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The following are three English poets that Phillis Wheatley followed.

• Adams, Bryant and Longfellow

• Milton, Pope, and Gray

• Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge

• Dickinson, Seers and Whitman

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In London, Phillis Wheatley was welcomed by _____.

• lord Mayor of London and King George

• Ben Franklin and lord Mayor of London

• George Washington and King George

• Ben Franklin and George Washington

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Wheatley married_______.

• George Richards

• Sir Williams

• Malcome Roberts

• John Peters

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Wheatley's letters were rediscovered in the 1830's by______.

• the Ben Franklin Society of poets

• the African American Council of writers

• The Wheatley family

• New England Abolishionists

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Wheatley has been proven to be a bold spokesperson for____.

• her faith and her politics

• her strength and her wisdom

• the Revolution and theabolitionist movement

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