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

2. What happens to the wretched who convert?
(a) They are purified of sin.
(b) They go to hell.
(c) They are damned.
(d) They must tithe.

3. What is the role of Jesus?
(a) He is the prophet delivering his message or vision.
(b) He begins the church.
(c) He is the only leader of the church.
(d) He is the first leader of the Christian church.

4. How do many of the serfs and peasants receive rights?
(a) By hard work.
(b) By bribery and blackmail.
(c) By begging for them.
(d) By paying monetarily for some of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. He extols the virtue of the ruler as what for the populace?

2. Who represents Reactionary Stoicism?

3. Most of the freedom granted is to whom?

4. Augustine, like Paul, is also concerned with the role of _______________ in Christianity.

5. How does Patterson describe the elements of slavery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict takes place in this period?

2. How have women's lives begun to change?

3. What happens when Christianity appears?

4. Describe the Roman economy and society.

5. Why does the populace accept Augustus?

6. How does Augustus influence the interpretations of freedom?

7. Why have historians tended to downplay the role of freedom during this time period?

8. What is the purpose of this chapter?

9. Where are Paul's large conversion rates located?

10. What struggles do the Romans face regarding the development of the concept of freedom?

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