Wk6&7quiz

Which of the following might be examples of Equiano appealing to the Enlightenment idea of universal sentiments?

• His use of vivid sensory language

• His use of first-person narrative to describe harrowing or suspenseful encounters

• His descriptions of his skill at trading

• His descriptions of religious epiphany and conversion

Which of the following terms best describes Wheatley's education?

• Classical

• Orthodox

• Provincial

• Scientific

Equiano recounts learning what skill aboard ship?

• Navigation

• Trade

• Language

• Engineering

What does Equiano buy with money earned trading goods?

• His sister's freedom

• His own freedom

• A trading ship

• Land in the West Indies

Which of the following poems are structured using the poetic technique of address?

• To His Excellency General Washington

• On Being Brought from Africa to America

• To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth

• To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works

Which of the following fields of knowledge does Equiano draw upon in his argument against slavery?

• Religion

• Economics

• Mathematics

• History

Which of the following things do Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley have in common?

• Expressing religious and moral beliefs in their work

• Extensive use of rhymed couplets and iambic pentameter

• Using religious principles to advocate for abolition

• Publishing the first book by someone of her background in America

Both Franklin and Equiano demonstrate what American qualities in their narratives?

• Puritan ethics

• Upward mobility

• Military leadership

• Self-Improvement

What was a franklin?

• A wealthy family of printers and Freemasons

• A sausage-maker of Dutch descent

• A landowner without noble title

• An early modern term for a young turtle

Phillis Wheatley was named after...

• her mother

• her slaveowner John Wheatley's sister

• a Greek poet of the same name

• the ship that brought her to Boston