1. Several of the works you read in this unit are public documents. Choose two such documents. For each, identify the author, the document's form, its audience(s), and its purpose(s).

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(Score for Question 2: __ of 15 points)
2. In this unit you have read writings by three people who lived at a time when the idea of human equality was
widely discussed but who nevertheless experienced enslavement or belonged to families who experienced
enslavement: Benjamin Banneker, Olaudah Equiano, and Phillis Wheatley. What critique of the treatment of
enslaved people does each writer present, and in what form of writing does he or she present the critique ?

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(Score for Question 3: __ of 30 points)
3. In Poor Richard's Almanac, Benjamin Franklin presented aphorisms, some of which are still in use today, to
teach values. These aphorisms reflect goals held by Enlightenment thinkers. From the list below, choose
three aphorisms. For each, explain what value the aphorism teaches (you may wish to include an example of
the aphorism in action) and how the aphorism is tied to Enlightenment thinking.
No gains without pains.
There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
The rotten apple spoils his companion.