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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. When is this view of Mortal life beginning to be questioned?

2. What happens to these former slaves that become successful and prosperous?

3. With _____________ freedom, the individual is not dominated by another human.

4. To what does this lead?

5. Since the slave master's financial welfare depended on the slave, what did he have to do?

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. This chapter examines the role of Greece in the historical development of freedom as a social value. What are the four designated periods of interest?

3. How does Patterson, again, use Greek drama to examine the role of women?

4. What does Plato say about the soul?

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

6. Explain one of the schools of thought.

7. What are the schools of thought among Hellenistic thinkers?

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 does the effect of the Peloponnesian War on Athens and Greece affect slavery?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The development of freedom as a social value can be traced to five revolutions that occurred in Athens.

Part 1) Describe these five revolutions. Why did they take place?

Part 2) How did these revolutions affect the countries and city-states surrounding the revolutions? How do they affect U.S. policies today?

Part 3) What would our society be like if these revolutions had never taken place?

Essay Topic 2

The overwhelming concern of the Roman population is with personal freedom.

Part 1) Compare Roman concerns about freedom with the Greek concerns.

Part 2) Why is this the Roman population's greatest concern? How does Augustus play into these concerns?

Part 3) How is the United States a conglomeration of both Greek and Roman views on freedom? Why are we a mixture of both?

Essay Topic 3

The preoccupation with freedom is a predominantly Western concept.

Part 1) Prove or Disprove this statement. Is preoccupation predominantly a Western concept?

Part 2) Why is the west preoccupied with freedom?

Part 3) How has this preoccupation led to Western civilization as we know it?

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