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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The third component is the ________ component, where individuals have the freedom to participate in the community and its governance, with their rights and obligations defined.
(a) Civic.
(b) Sovereignal.
(c) Personal.
(d) Community.

3. At the end of the war in 230 B.C., Athens establishes what, that brings their imperialism to an end?
(a) A dictatorship.
(b) A democratic republic.
(c) A kingdom.
(d) A monarchy.

4. What is the third revolution, which involves the emergence of democracy?
(a) A social revolution.
(b) A philosophical revolution.
(c) A political revolution.
(d) An economic revolution.

5. In what revolution does a large slave population exist to serve the aristocracy and non-farm population?
(a) An economic revolution.
(b) A freedom revolution.
(c) A social revolution.
(d) A political revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what is there greater reliance to produce the necessary revenues?

2. How does the ruling class find the majority of the population becoming?

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

4. When does the speech take place?

5. What is also a factor contributing to the social conflict of this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the significance on the development of freedom as a social value?

2. How does Patterson, again, use Greek drama to examine the role of women?

3. The contemporaneous development of slavery and the concept of freedom characterize ancient Athens and Greece. How does Patterson again use Greek drama to support this point?

4. What leads to war and the end of Athens' imperialism?

5. Describe the Oedipus trilogy of Sophocles in relation to freedom.

6. Patterson draws heavily on Greek drama to make his point. Give one example from which he cites.

7. Eventually the differing views of freedom lead to social conflict and upheaval. What causes this?

8. Describe one group of intellectuals.

9. From what do personal freedom and civic freedom awareness result?

10. Why is freedom not a social value of the Tupinamba people of Brazil in the sixteenth century?

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