DO THIS FOR Hammurabi's Code was not the first set of laws to be created or written down. Archaeologists have found Sumerian laws that are 300 years older, and even those aren't believed to be the very first. But Hammurabi's Code is still famous for a few big reasons. First, the laws are brief and amazingly strict. Hammurabi probably didn't invent the idea of retribution (harming someone in retaliation), but his laws were based on retribution at its purest form.

Second, the laws themselves are beautifully presented. The entire code was etched into a polished black basalt stone nearly eight-feet tall. At the top are two figures: the king of Babylon (Hammurabi) bowing before a god. Below that, the 282 laws were etched in cuneiform. The statue stood in a public place in Babylon so that everyone could know what laws governed them. Sounds pretty fair, right? The tricky part was that hardly anyone could read.

Which of the following is not true of Hammurabi’s Code?

A

It was comprised of 282 different laws.

B

It is the oldest known set of laws.

C

It was based on the idea of retribution.

D

It was publicly displayed in Babylon.

c

Explanation:

The correct answer is C. Phillis Wheatley was a Puritan poet from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Explanation:

Phillis Wheatley was an American slave girl and the first African American author whose work was published. Her collection of poems "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral", which was published in London in 1773, remained the only literary publication of a black for over half a century and is considered the starting point of African-American literature. In addition to the first black poet, Wheatley is also the first international celebrity of African descent ever.

Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston in 1761 at the age of seven on the slave ship Phillis, after which she was named by the Wheatley family, who bought her. The Wheatleys taught her to read and write, and soon her poetic talent arose. From 1767 her first poems were published, making her known around 1770. In 1773 her first and only collection of poetry was published. After a visit to England, she was exempted from slavery by the Wheatleys, although she continued to work in the household. She was unable to make a second bundle appear in 1783, and in 1784 she died in poverty.