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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Middle Ages, what renews the interest in the quest for freedom?
(a) The end of slavery.
(b) The freedom of serfdom.
(c) The oppression of serfdom.
(d) The compassion of the king.

2. By medieval times, the character of Europe has become rural __________.
(a) Kingdoms.
(b) Slave-based societies.
(c) Serfdoms.
(d) Villages.

3. How do Jesus' followers reply to the critics?
(a) Jesus knows all the critics.
(b) Jesus dies for the good of mankind and is resurrected.
(c) Jesus has died.
(d) Jesus will return in three days.

4. Did freedom as an idea develop into a value everywhere?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Mostly.
(d) Somewhat.

5. What happens once Christianity appears?
(a) It spreads quickly through Greece.
(b) It stays in the Middle East.
(c) It spreads rapidly throughout the Roman Empire.
(d) It spreads slowly throughout the Roman Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patterson describe the elements of slavery?

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

3. There is a shift in agricultural production away from what into the production of olives, figs, fruits, etc.?

4. What is an outgrowth of Socratic thought in which there is complete personal freedom, both inner and outer?

5. 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?

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