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In her poetry, Phillis Wheatley often employed the formal, neoclassical style that was popular during her time, and readers of her own century praised her chiefly for that polish. A closer examination of her imagery, however, reveals a subtle but persistent ____ of colonial authority: she repeatedly used biblical metaphors to argue that all people are inherently equal, a premise the colonial order was built on denying.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. endorsement
  2. critique
  3. evasion
  4. acknowledgment

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