Read the excerpt and answer the question. remember, christians, negroes, black as cain, may be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. what does wheatley imply in these lines from "on being brought from africa to america"? a) that africans are as evil as cain b) that cain was not a true christian c) that christians are superior to africans d) that africans can become refined christians

D) that Africans can become refined Christians

Explanation:

This excerpt shows that anyone can become a refined Christian, including the Africans, who according to the text, are black like Cain.

In the past, many believed that the sign in Cain was a dark skin - that God changed the color of Cain's skin to black in order to identify him. Since Cain also received a curse, the belief that the mark was black skin led many to believe that dark-skinned people were cursed. And because of this "curse" is that the excerpt speaker says that even blacks (the cursed ones) can become refined Christians

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.