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1
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What denomination rejected religiuos painting in their places of worship?

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PUritans

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What type of portraiture did Puritan painters favor?

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Elizabethan

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What style of portraiture dominated British art in the eighteenth century?

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Grand Manner

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Whose painting style inspired Grand Manner portraiture?

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Anthony van Dyck

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What two things describe Elizabethan portraiture?

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linear and heavily focused on costume details

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6
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Who are the pendant portraits referenced in the guide for?

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John Freake and Elizabeth Freake

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7
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hen were the Freake portraits painted?

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1670s

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8
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Who was the painter of the Freake portraits?

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unknown - itinerant limner

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9
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What two occupations did John Freake have?

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merchant and lawyer

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10
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What six features of John Freake’s portrait are noted in the guide?

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intricate lace collar, elaborate cuffs, gloves, dark brown velvet coat, 22 shiny, silver buttons

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What five features of Elizabeth Freake’s portrait are noted in the guide?

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pearl necklace, garnet bracelet, gold ring, ribbons, lace

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12
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Where would the lace worn by the Freakes have come from?

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Europe

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13
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Where would the pearls worn by Elizabeth Freake have come from?

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China

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14
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Where would the garnets worn by Elizabeth have come from?

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India

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15
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Who created a seaside portrait in 1680?

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Thomas Smith

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16
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What notable feature was included in Smith’s self portrait?

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A memento mori symbol

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17
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What does memento mori mean in latin?

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Remember that you will die

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18
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What was the memento mori included in Smith’s self portrait?

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skull

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19
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What two descriptors characterize colonial folk portraits?

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flatness and linearity

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20
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Who introduced modeling and naturalism into the colonies?

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John Smibert

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21
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Where was Smibert born, and where did he study art?

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Scotland, London

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Who was the first academically trained artist to live and work in the colonies?

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Smibert

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23
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What did Smibert paint in 1728?

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The Bermuda Group

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How did The Bermuda Group show Smibert’s skill?

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it showed an arrangement of figures in different poses

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25
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Where was Copley born?

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Boston

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26
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When was Copley born?

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1738

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27
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Who were Copley’s parents?

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Richard and Mary Singleton Copley

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28
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Who was Copley’s stepfather?

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Peter Pelham

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29
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How long after he married Copley’s mother did Pelham die?

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three years

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30
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Whose studio did Copley purchase?

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Smibert

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31
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Unlike most American artists in the eighteenth century, Copley was ________

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self-taught

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32
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Why was Copley highly sought-after?

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lifelike, richly detailed portraits

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33
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Where did Henry Pelham send Boy with a Flying Squirrel?

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Society of Artists of Great Britain

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34
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Whose attention did Copley attract in London?

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Benjamin West

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35
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Who did Copley marry?

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Susanna Farmham Clarke

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36
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When did Copley marry Clarke?

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1769

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37
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How many children did Copley and Clarke have?

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six

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38
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Where did Copley and Clarke own a home?

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Beacon Hill

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39
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Who was Clarke’s father in law?

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Richard Clarke

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40
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Where did Copley move in 1774?

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London

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41
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When was Paul Revere born?

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1734

42
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What religious group was Paul Revere’s father and what was his name?

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French Huguenot, Apollos Rivoire

43
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Who was Revere’s mother?

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Deborah Hitchborn

44
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What did Hitchborn’s family own?

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Shipping wharf

45
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How many siblings did Paul Revere have?

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12

46
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What was Revere’s father’s occupation?

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silversmith

47
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What war did Revere serve in?

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French and Indian

48
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In what year did Revere join the sons of liberty?

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1765

49
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In addition to engraving silver, what did Revere do?

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operated a printing press

50
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When was the Boston Massacre?

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1770

51
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Who did Revere engrave after 1770?

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Henry Pelham

52
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What change in buying silver pieces occurred after the end of the Revolution?

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people began purchasing large tea services

53
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Where did the silver for Revere’s teapots come from?

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Mexico

54
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Where can Revere’s silverwork be found today? (2)

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Metropolitan Museum of Art

55
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How long after his death did Revere gain fame?

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forty years

56
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Who wrote Paul Revere’s Ride?

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

57
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When and where was Paul Revere’s Ride published?

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January 1861 in The Atlantic Monthly

58
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When was the famous ride by Revere?

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April 18, 1775

59
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Who actually completed the mission of alerting people about the approach of the British army to Lexington?

A

Samuel Prescott

60
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What did Revere occasionally produce for Copley?

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silver frames

61
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What makes Revere’s portrait distinct from those made in Europe?

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He holds a teapot and has dirty fingernails

62
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Revere’s dress could best be described as what?

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informal

63
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When was Paul Revere’s portrait commissioned?

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1767

64
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When were the Townshend Acts enacted?

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1766

65
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What did the Townshend Acts taxZ?

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glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea

66
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What four things is Revere said to have produced?

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spoons, buttons, tankards, coffee pots

67
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When was the Boston Tea Party?

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1773

68
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Where were the portraits of Samuel Adams and John Hancock displayed?

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Faneuil Hall in Boston

69
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When did the Revere portrait become known to the public?

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1928

70
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What museum first showed the Revere portrait?

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Museum of Fine Arts

71
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Where was Phillis Wheatley born?

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Gambia in West Africa

72
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When was Wheatley born?

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1753

73
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When did Wheatley arrive in Boston?

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1761

74
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What was the name of the slave ship that transported Wheatley to America?

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Phillis

75
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How many enslaved people lived in boston in 1761, and what was its population?

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1,000 and 15,000

76
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Who sold Phillis Wheatley to John Wheatley?

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John Avery

77
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What three languages did Phillis learn to read?

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Greek, Latin, and English

78
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What four classic authors was Phillis familiar with?

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Alexander Pope, John Milton, Virgil, Ovid, Homer

79
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In what newspaper did Wheatley publish her first poem?

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Newport Mercury

80
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For what 1770 poem did Wheatley attract attention?

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Elegy for George Whitefield

81
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What religion was George Whitefield a founder of?

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Methodism

82
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Who supported Phillis’s book?

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Selena Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

83
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Why did Hastings support Phillis’s work?

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George Whitefield had been her chaplain

84
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What was the title of Wheatley’s book?

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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

85
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How old was Wheatley when her book was published?

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20

86
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Who did Wheatley dedicate her book to?

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Hastings

87
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When was it ruled that enslaved people could not be moved out of England against their will?

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1772

88
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Who arranged for Wheatley’s emancipation?

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Susanna Wheatley

89
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When did Wheatley’s book of poetry arrive in New England?

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January 1774

90
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What did Wheatley request of Washington when she sent a poem?

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That they meet in Cambridge

91
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What two well known people did Wheatley meet with?

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Benjamin Franklin and Brook Watson

92
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What was the title of Wheatley’s poem commemorating the end of the Revolutionary War?

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Liberty and Peace, A Poem

93
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When did Susanna Wheatley die?

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1774

94
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When did John and Mary Wheatley die?

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1778

95
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Who did Wheatley marry?

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John Peters

96
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How could Wheatley’s marriage best be described?

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strained

97
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How many children did Wheatley have?

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Three

98
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When did Wheatley’s die (age)?

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31

99
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Where was the Portrait of Wheatley in the guide published?

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Front of her poetry book

100
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Who printed Wheatley’s portrait?

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Archibald Bell

101
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Whose portrait of Wheatley was the guide portrait likely based on?

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Scipio Moorhead

102
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What made Wheatley’s portrait unique?

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It showed her as an intellectual

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