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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they accept the sovereignal freedom of the emperor?
(a) They do not want any other ruler.
(b) He will do what he can to take care of them.
(c) It poses less of a threat to their own personal freedom than does the civic freedom of the upper class.
(d) He is a kind man.

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

3. Who destroys the Athenians system of democracy in 322 B.C.?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Mongols.
(c) The Macedonians.
(d) The Persians.

4. Who does this economically benefit?
(a) Both rich and poor Athenians.
(b) The rich Athenians.
(c) The poor Athenians.
(d) The middle class Athenians.

5. Again what does Patterson use to support this point?
(a) Greek drama.
(b) Roman plays.
(c) French operas.
(d) German symphonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what revolution does a large slave population exist to serve the aristocracy and non-farm population?

2. Society's economic infrastructure consists of what, in addition to larger landholder farms?

3. What are the three elements of freedom called?

4. Of whom does the majority of the population consist?

5. For what do the slaves yearn?

(see the answer key)

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