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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what revolution does the slaveholder become economically dependent on the slave for his own financial well-being?
(a) The social revolution.
(b) The political revolution.
(c) The freedom revolution.
(d) The economic revolution.

2. What is also a factor contributing to the social conflict of this time?
(a) Education.
(b) Equality.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Slavery

3. What is the third revolution, which involves the emergence of democracy?
(a) A political revolution.
(b) A social revolution.
(c) A philosophical revolution.
(d) An economic revolution.

4. The contemporaneous development of slavery and the concept of freedom characterize what societies?
(a) Ancient Athens and Greece.
(b) Modern Athens and Greece.
(c) Ancient Rome and Greece.
(d) Ancient Carthage and Rome.

5. This means that there has to be an increase in what?
(a) The production of grain.
(b) The slave-master population.
(c) The slave population.
(d) The number of farms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek drama represents what?

2. Which women had more activities outside the home?

3. In order to foster productivity, there is also an accompanying increase in what, since this is the only way the society can attain the output it needs to survive?

4. How does this chapter examine the role of women in the development of the concept of freedom?

5. Who did the women confined to home have for company?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is freedom not a social value of the Tupinamba people of Brazil in the sixteenth century?

2. The contemporaneous development of slavery and the concept of freedom characterize ancient Athens and Greece. How does Patterson again use Greek drama to support this point?

3. Describe one group of intellectuals.

4. Patterson draws heavily on Greek drama to make his point. Give one example from which he cites.

5. What role does slavery play in this conflict?

6. Describe the Oedipus trilogy of Sophocles in relation to freedom.

7. What do light and darkness symbolize used by the Greek dramatist?

8. During the war in the sixth century B.C., Greek cities are occupied by the Persians. What does this do to the Greeks?

9. What are the living conditions of women?

10. How does Patterson view the development of freedom as a social value?

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