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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Greek society hold women?

2. With what is freedom equated?

3. Who either fear being captured and made into slaves, or are already slaves and want release?

4. What are palatine centralism, decentralized tribalism, rudimentary state formation and aristocratic resurgence?

5. This chapter describes events in the period between the Persian War and the beginning of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. The development of freedom as a social value can be traced to five revolutions that occurred in Athens between 7 and 4 B.C. What is one of the revolutions?

2. What does it mean to be Greek at this time?

3. Describe one group of intellectuals.

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

5. What is the importance of Greek religion on freedom?

6. What is slavery? What is a slave-dominated society like?

7. Describe the slavery issue in the South Pacific.

8. Given the premise that a social reaction between slave, slaveholder and society must take place in order for freedom to develop as a value, why didn't freedom as a value develop universally?

9. What do light and darkness symbolize used by the Greek dramatist?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Athenians value civic freedom over personal freedom.

Part 1) What is the difference between civic freedom and personal freedom?

Part 2) Why do the Athenians prefer one over the other? Do all people in Athens feels this way? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is this Athenian value reflected in our society today?

Essay Topic 2

Patterson uses Greek tragedy to support several points.

Part 1) What is a Greek tragedy? How does he use this to support several points?

Part 2) How does this metaphor enhance the book for the reader?

Part 3) Must the reader understand Greek tragedies to understand the author's use of them? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The underlying theme of slavery is the domination of one entity over another entity.

Part 1) How does slavery begin? Why has slavery existed in cultures around the world and throughout history?

Part 2) What are the various concepts of slavery? How do variations exist?

Part 3) How does your upbringing influence your thoughts and opinion on slavery?

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