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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. Why does Paul say people suffer?
(a) People suffer because of past life mistakes.
(b) People suffer because of others.
(c) People suffer because of fate.
(d) People suffer because of their sins.

2. Is it still possible for the upper class to experience personal freedom even when their civic freedom is severely limited by the princeps?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

3. What happens to the wretched who convert?
(a) They are purified of sin.
(b) They go to hell.
(c) They must tithe.
(d) They are damned.

4. How does Augustus change his image and his manner of rule during his reign?
(a) From personality oriented to politically oriented.
(b) From personality oriented to military oriented.
(c) From military oriented to politically oriented.
(d) From military oriented to personality oriented.

5. Where does slavery exist until 11 A.D. and the on-set of feudalism?
(a) In Germany and Austria.
(b) In France and Italy.
(c) In Sweden and Norway.
(d) In England and France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this conflict referred?

2. What do his ideas provide?

3. Augustine expands Paul's view and tries to incorporate what conception of freedom and God?

4. How does Patterson describe the elements of slavery?

5. What does the Christian religion offer to the weaker elements of Hellenistic society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of this chapter?

2. Why does the populace accept Augustus?

3. How have women's lives begun to change?

4. What is Paul's role in shaping Christianity?

5. What happens when Christianity appears?

6. Two questions arise from Paul's theology. What are we saved from? To whom or what are we enslaved? What are the answers?

7. How does Augustus influence the interpretations of freedom?

8. What are the consequences of Jesus' crucifixion?

9. Rome extends its power and rule to the Italian peninsula through a series of wars and conquests in 266 B.C. What are the consequences?

10. What conflict takes place in this period?

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