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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of a social reform for the abolishment of debt, debt bondage and enslavement for debt?
(a) Solomon's seize.
(b) Solon's seize.
(c) Solomon's seisochtheia.
(d) Solon's seisochtheia.

2. How are the living conditions of many Athenian women?
(a) Rather lavish.
(b) Rather harsh.
(c) Rather eventful.
(d) Rather boring.

3. What kind of revolution is the fourth revolution, marked by the formation of social and moral sciences based on rationality?
(a) An economic revolution.
(b) A freedom revolution.
(c) A social and philosophical revolution.
(d) A political revolution.

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

5. In this chapter, what does Patterson examine?
(a) The view of outer freedom.
(b) The view of inner freedom.
(c) The view of rigid freedom.
(d) The view of slavery in Roman culture.

6. Preoccupation with freedom is predominately a _____________ concept.
(a) Northern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

7. Since the slave master's financial welfare depended on the slave, what did he have to do?
(a) Scare the slave into submission.
(b) Find a way to motivate the slave to produce.
(c) Trick the slave to produce.
(d) Find a way to purchase more slaves.

8. What happens to these former slaves that become successful and prosperous?
(a) They cause resentment among the still-oppressed slaves.
(b) They are abused by the aristocracy and the still-oppressed slaves.
(c) They become disrespectful and out of control.
(d) They miss their old lives.

9. What does the slave want?
(a) To be given work.
(b) To be loved.
(c) To be free and an equal member of society.
(d) To be given the necessities of survival.

10. What delineates the fifth revolution of this period?
(a) Concern with economic freedom.
(b) Concern with social freedom.
(c) Concern with freedom as a value.
(d) Concern with political freedom.

11. Slavery is more than just what kind of problem?
(a) In legal status.
(b) In personal status.
(c) In social status.
(d) In sovereignal status.

12. Among the Tupinamba, why does the slave exist?
(a) To provide an income for the slave master.
(b) For protecting the slave master's family.
(c) For the honor and dignity of the slave master.
(d) To be a family member for the slave master.

13. In what revolution does the slaveholder become economically dependent on the slave for his own financial well-being?
(a) The economic revolution.
(b) The freedom revolution.
(c) The political revolution.
(d) The social revolution.

14. Which social classes of women are restricted to their houses with very little social life?
(a) Upper and middle class.
(b) Lower and upper class.
(c) All classes.
(d) Middle and lower class.

15. To what can the development of freedom as a social value be traced?
(a) Five revolutions that occurred in Athens between 7 and 4 B.C.
(b) Five revolutions that occurred in Rome between 7 and 4 B.C.
(c) Five revolutions that occurred in Rome between 4 and 7 A.D.
(d) Five revolutions that occurred in Athens between 4 and 7 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do these slaves from the mines and those in the urban sector provide for the Athenians?

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

3. What does the external response reveal about intellectuals?

4. A social reaction between slave, slaveholder and society must take place in order for what to happen?

5. Each of the three is concerned with what issue?

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