Lit Short Selections Pt. 2 (2022-23)

The primary purposes of Phillis Wheatley’s To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth were to

Judith Sargent Murray argues that women lack judgement due to their

Phillip Freneau’s “The Indian Burying Ground” is MOST similar to

Phillis Wheatley was born either in present-day Senegal or

In which of the following newspapers did Phillip Freneau serve as editor for two years?

In which of the following roles did William Legge serve?

Which of the following poems did Phillip Freneau base on his time in the New Jersey militia?

Why did Phillis Wheatley never publish her second book?

In Phillis Wheatley’s On Being Brought from Africa to America, which of the following events is described as a “mercy”?

To which of the following popular revolutionary slogans does Abigail Adams allude in her letter?

Coverture is best defined as the legal subordination of

Which of the following facts about Phillis Wheatley is NOT true?

What evidence does Judith Sargent Murray use to dismiss the importance of men’s physical superiority?

Murray’s claims from “On the Equality of the Sexes” parallels those in a poem by

Phillis Wheatley’s first book was titled

Abigail ends her letter to John Adams from April 5, 1776, with “I need not say how much I am

The speaker in Phillis Wheatley’s To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth is a(n)

Judith Sargent Murray helped found a women’s school in

Phillip Freneau was nicknamed the poet of

Which of the following admissions does Murray make toward the end of “On the Equality of the Sexes”?

Judith Sargent Murray would MOST likely support the idea that equality in strength requires equality in

Which of the following revolutionary leaders went to college with Philip Freneau?

What is a “familiar letter”?

Freneau’s description of the landscape in his “On the Emigration to America” is MOST similar to

To which of the following Biblical characters does Phillis Wheatley allude in On Being Brought from Africa to America?

Where was Alexander Hamilton left an orphan after his mother died?

Which of the following newspapers published Phillis Wheatley’s poem for George Washington?

John Adams acknowledges all the following groups’ possible revolts after the American Revolution EXCEPT

Which publication brought Judith Sargent Murray the MOST fame during her lifetime?

During the eighteenth century, sending letters by post was

The first two excerpted stanzas of “On the Equality of the Sexes” feature the rhyme scheme

In Phillis Wheatley’s To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth, the narrator applauds Legge for opposing a(n)

To which scientist does Judith Sargent Murray allude?

In On Being Brought from Africa to America, Phillis Wheatley makes the argument that

In his “On the Emigration to America” and “The Indian Burying Ground,” Phillip Freneau describes Native Americans as

The first white group that promoted Phillis Wheatley’s work celebrated its

To which of the following Biblical characters does Philip Freneau’s “The Indian Burying Ground” allude??

Abigail Adams mentions that Billy the youngest died from to

Women in the eighteenth century were LEAST likely to study

Many of Phillip Freneau’s works exemplify the beginning of

Which of the following rivers does Freneau call “Sire of floods” in his “On the Emigration to America”?

In his letter to Elizabeth Schuyler from August 1780, Alexander Hamilton referred to his fiancé as

In her To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth, Phillis Wheatley praises Legge for

Which statement BEST represents Judith Sargent Murray’s view of women in fashion?

Which couple wrote courtship letters to each other that are saved in a keepsake volume?

To show a male timidly following a woman’s lead, Murray cites a story from the Book of

In Alexander Hamilton’s letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, he advises her not to imagine herself a

Alexander Hamilton asked Elizabeth Schuyler in his letter, “Do you soberly relish the pleasure of being a

Which of the following diseases does Abigail Adams fear, according to her letter to John Adams?

In order to secure a publisher for her book, Phillis Wheatley traveled to

Which first-wave feminist author wrote A Vindication on the Rights of Woman?

On what basis does Alexander Hamilton compare his fiancé Elizabeth Schuyler to Brutus’s wife Portia?

During his time as a newspaper editor, Philip Freneau PRIMARILY criticized ?

Where was John Adams in spring of 1776?

Women in the 1700s were LEAST likely to be accused of being unfeminine if they read

According to the letter in “On the Equality of the Sexes”, women are “the emblem of

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to

Abigail Adams believes that all men are naturally

Phillis Wheatley was named after

Alexander Hamilton wrote Elizabeth Schuyler in August 1780 from

After Phillis Wheatley died, her work was used PRIMARILY as an example of

Which of the following events happened LAST?

Phillis Wheatley’s critiques are BEST described as

From near which major city did Abigail Adams send the letter to John Adams in spring of 1776?

For MOST of the eighteenth century, poems in the English language primarily used

Who wrote that citizens of America, and especially women, need to learn the “absolute necessity of implicit obedience”?

Phillis Wheatley married

Phillis Wheatley died soon after

Some eighteenth-century Christian theologians justified slavery by arguing that black skin was a punishment given to

Which of the following people does Abigail Adams expect to not survive the day?

Which of the following places did Phillip Freneau visit at the beginning of the American Revolution?

In his letter to Elizabeth Schuyler, what does Alexander Hamilton say about the right of resistance?

The letter that concludes “On the Equality of the Sexes” can be BEST described as

Phillis Wheatley’s first poem was an elegy for

To whom does Judith Sargent Murray refer as “ye arbiters of our [women’s] fate”?

Which of the following men purchased Phillis Wheatley?

“On the Equality of the Sexes” starts with a(n)

“On the Equality of the Sexes” mentions all the following Biblical figures EXCEPT

In his reply to Abigail’s letter, John Adams states, “As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but

Judith Sargent Murray identifies all of the following traits as intellectual powers EXCEPT

Murray claims that boys are “led by the hand” through

In Phillip Freneau’s “On the Emigration to America,” the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers are described as

Which of the following groups does Abigail Adams remind John Adams to remember when writing the new laws?

The term “separate sphere ideology” emerged to depict the 1700s social practice where women were restricted from

Judith Sargent Murray uses a simile to compare deep science to a(n)

Which belief underlies Judith Sargent Murray’s call for gender equality?

Phillis Wheatley’s To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth was written during a time of

The FIRST complaint Abigail Adams mentions in her March 31 letter to her husband was that that

Judith Sargent Murray uses all of the following religious terms EXCEPT

Which rhetorical device appears in the line “And Genius, led by Study, wears the crown”?

Which of the following artists made portraits of Abigail and John Adams in 1766?

Judith Sargent Murray MOST likely adopted the pseudonym Constantia in order to

Judith Sargent Murray uses a simile to compare girls’ treatment with