Freedom Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Europe emerges from the Middle Ages, the church and European states become ____________ in terms of absolutism and thought processes.

2. Augustine, like Paul, is also concerned with the role of _______________ in Christianity.

3. Why does Paul say people suffer?

4. Augustus' rule is at the expense of whose civic freedom?

5. From what does freedom come?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between church and state at the end of the Middle Ages?

2. What are the consequences of Jesus' crucifixion?

3. What is freedom at this time?

4. What happens when Christianity appears?

5. What phases exist in the development of early Christianity?

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

7. What is Reformist Stoicism?

8. How do the beliefs of different sects compare?

9. Why have historians tended to downplay the role of freedom during this time period?

10. Why does the populace accept Augustus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three schools exist among Hellenistic thinkers.

Part 1) Who are Hellenistic thinkers? What are the three schools?

Part 2) How did these schools come about? What is the significance of these three schools?

Part 3) How have these schools been used and altered by various societies after the Hellenistic Period?

Essay Topic 2

It is the women who are responsible for instilling the concept of freedom into Western civilization.

Part 1) Compare a man's concept of freedom to a woman's.

Part 2) Why are the women responsible?

Part 3) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not? How is this ironic?

Essay Topic 3

Augustus sets the pace for the interpretations of freedom that will define the European chordal triad for the next 1,500 years.

Part 1) Who is Augustus? How does he set the pace?

Part 2) Why is he so influential? What power does he have over the region?

Part 3) How does Augustus change his persona for his people? Why does he do this?

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