Search Header Logo

Phillis Wheatley

Authored by Rachel Smith

History

5th Grade

Used 117+ times

Phillis Wheatley
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

6 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following reasons supports the idea that Phillis Wheatley was better off than many enslaved people?

Enslaved people in the North were usually treated better than those in the South.

The law against teaching enslaved people was a black code.

A wealthy Boston man named John Wheatley bought Phillis.

Her last name was Wheatley because they owned her

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which statement is false?

Enslaved people were never sold in the northern colonies.

In some colonies, enslaved people were allowed in white people’s churches.

Educating enslaved people in the South was against the law.

Enslaved people were called property.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What was unusual about Wheatley’s life with her owners?

She had to live in the barn.

She learned to read and write.

She was a servant to the owner’s wife.

She tried to run away from her owners.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following is evidence of the turmoil Wheatley encountered when she returned from England?

Enslaved people could be freed in a couple of different ways.

Wheatley enjoyed her visit to England.

Patriots boarded a British ship and threw tea into the harbor.

She tried to sell her book in the colonies.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Why was it difficult for Wheatley to find a publisher for her poems?

Publishers didn’t believe that an enslaved person wrote them.

Publishers were afraid they would lose money on her book of poems.

People did not enjoy reading her poems

both A and B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Wheatley’s first name comes from _____.

her home countryher home country

her owner’s mother

the ship that brought her to America

the captain who sold her

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?