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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does slavery exist until 11 A.D. and the on-set of feudalism?
(a) In England and France.
(b) In Germany and Austria.
(c) In France and Italy.
(d) In Sweden and Norway.

2. Why does Augustine view personal freedom as a form of emptiness that doesn't result in inner peace?
(a) It does not result in reconciliation.
(b) It does not benefit him.
(c) It is selfish.
(d) It does not help others.

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

4. Why does Paul say people suffer?
(a) People suffer because of fate.
(b) People suffer because of others.
(c) People suffer because of past life mistakes.
(d) People suffer because of their sins.

5. The second conflict takes place between 340-266 A.D., resulting in what?
(a) Rome being taken over by the Greeks.
(b) Rome growing and expanding to become Italy.
(c) Rome growing and expanding to become Greece.
(d) Rome shrinking and consolidating.

6. How is the cult of Christianity similar to other cults of the time?
(a) It preaches the coming of the apocalypse.
(b) It contains a savior.
(c) It is monotheistic.
(d) It is polytheistic.

7. Augustus uses his sovereignal power for the______ of the populace.
(a) Good.
(b) No member.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Poor.

8. Augustus set the pace for the interpretations of freedom that will define the European chordal triad for how long?
(a) The next fifteen years.
(b) The next fifty years.
(c) The next fifteen hundred years.
(d) The next five hundred years.

9. How does Augustus change his image and his manner of rule during his reign?
(a) From personality oriented to politically oriented.
(b) From personality oriented to military oriented.
(c) From military oriented to politically oriented.
(d) From military oriented to personality oriented.

10. According to Patterson, how many phases exist in the development of early Christianity?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

11. In what do plebeians have more faith?
(a) No-man-rule.
(b) No rulers.
(c) One-man-rule.
(d) Many minor rulers.

12. The fact that Jesus is crucified and dies has critics doing what?
(a) Questioning if he actually died.
(b) Wishing they had met Him before He died.
(c) Wondering when he will return.
(d) Questioning the absurdity of a Messiah who can't save himself from execution.

13. Law and the state of grace are _________.
(a) Opposites.
(b) Related.
(c) The same.
(d) Similar.

14. Is it still possible for the upper class to experience personal freedom even when their civic freedom is severely limited by the princeps?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

15. Augustine expands Paul's view and tries to incorporate what conception of freedom and God?
(a) The Neoplatonic conception.
(b) The Napoleonic conception.
(c) The Metropolitan conception.
(d) The Neopolitan conception.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this conflict referred?

2. To what are the Reactionary Stoicism beliefs adapted?

3. From what does the development of the concept of freedom in Rome result?

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

5. What happens to the wretched who convert?

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