1. Who either fear being captured and made into slaves, or are already slaves and want release?
(a) Women.
(b) Non-Greeks.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

2. How do these slaves from the mines and those in the urban sector provide for the Athenians?
(a) They provide the means for the growing Athenian imperialism.
(b) They make medicine for the wealthy Athenians.
(c) They provide food and supplies.
(d) They protect them from enemies.

3. Athens experiences how many results from the transition to a slave economy?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

4. What are palatine centralism, decentralized tribalism, rudimentary state formation and aristocratic resurgence?
(a) Four designated periods of interest.
(b) Four Grecian rules.
(c) Four city-states.
(d) Four villages.

5. Where are these elements first expressed?
(a) In the wedding oration of Perna.
(b) In the funeral oration of Pericles.
(c) In the feast of Zeus.
(d) In the worship of Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a second factor have to do with, which Patterson sees as "a strategic class error" (p. 65) because it results in a standard against which things can be measured?

2. Why is freedom not practical for a slave during this period?

3. On what is the nineteenth century Imbangala people of Africa's society based?

4. How does Greek drama, especially tragedy, credit women?

5. What delineates the fifth revolution of this period?

(see the answer key)

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