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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. What would a slave in this culture not have that is necessary to protect and nurture him?
(a) A slave master.
(b) The family and friendship structure.
(c) Food and shelter.
(d) Rules.

2. Freedom is relative in that the more freedom one individual has, the ______ freedom another has.
(a) Less.
(b) Same.
(c) Better.
(d) More.

3. To what preoccupation among citizens does this lead?
(a) Regarding the work of slaves.
(b) Regarding manual labor and working for others.
(c) Regarding the purchasing of slaves.
(d) Regarding landownership.

4. Who are the only beings that are truly free?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) The gods.
(d) Slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what is Athens now completely dependent?

2. Who are the Sophists?

3. Between what freedoms do they distinguish?

4. Patterson states that he does not mean for his book to be a study of the intellectual study of freedom, but the historical development of what?

5. What is an example of a social reform for the abolishment of debt, debt bondage and enslavement for debt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this chapter describe?

2. During the war in the sixth century B.C., Greek cities are occupied by the Persians. What does this do to the Greeks?

3. Describe one group of intellectuals.

4. What are the living conditions of women?

5. What does Plato say about the soul?

6. How does slavery develop and change during this period in Carthage?

7. What is a second revolution?

8. What role does slavery play in this conflict?

9. How does Patterson view the development of freedom as a social value?

10. What are Patterson's three components of freedom?

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