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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. When does the speech take place?
(a) During the first year of the 100 Years War.
(b) During the first year of the Peloponnesian War.
(c) During the last year of the Peloponnesian War.
(d) During the last year of the Persian War.

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

3. Which of the following statements describes the new class that arises?
(a) It is not dependent on the aristocracy.
(b) It is a new aristocracy.
(c) It is dependent on the aristocracy.
(d) It is more powerful than the aristocracy.

4. What does it mean to be Greek?
(a) To be free.
(b) To be an outcast.
(c) To be enslaved.
(d) To be special.

5. How does this chapter examine the role of women in the development of the concept of freedom?
(a) Using German symphonies.
(b) Using Roman plays.
(c) Using French operas.
(d) Using Greek tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Personal freedom awareness results from the role of what Greeks?

2. The years of the Peloponnesian War bring what to Athens and Greece?

3. By whom is society transformed?

4. Who writes the dramas?

5. Among the Tupinamba, why does the slave exist?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a second revolution?

3. Describe the slavery issue in the South Pacific.

4. Describe the Imbangala people of Africa, regarding slavery.

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

6. What are the living conditions of women?

7. Explain one of the schools of thought.

8. What is the role of slaves in this society?

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

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

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