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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. Which of Aeschylus' plays does he cite?

2. To what does this expose the Greeks?

3. How does Greek society hold women?

4. How does this chapter examine the role of women in the development of the concept of freedom?

5. In order to foster productivity, there is also an accompanying increase in what, since this is the only way the society can attain the output it needs to survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Plato say about the soul?

2. What does this chapter describe?

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

4. 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?

5. What are the living conditions of women?

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

7. What does the Peloponnesian War do to Athens and Greece?

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. Athens experiences three results from the transition to a slave economy. What are these three results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stoicism and Christianity offer people inner peace and salvation.

Part 1) What is stoicism? Compare stoicism with Christianity.

Part 2) Does stoicism still exist? Explain. Why has Christianity survived?

Part 3) What role does Paul have in shaping Christianity? How does Christianity change because of Paul? How is his influence seen in the Christian Church today?

Essay Topic 2

It is the women who are responsible for instilling the concept of freedom into Western civilization.

Part 1) Compare a man's concept of freedom to a woman's.

Part 2) Why are the women responsible?

Part 3) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not? How is this ironic?

Essay Topic 3

Patterson states he does not mean for his book to be a study of the intellectual study of freedom, but the historical development of freedom a a social value.

Part 1) Why is this his purpose?

Part 2) Based on this book, what might be the author's thoughts on the social value of freedom? Why?

Part 3) Why must the study of the intellectual study of freedom naturally be a part of this book, even though it is not what the author intended?

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