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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. Why does Augustine view personal freedom as a form of emptiness that doesn't result in inner peace?

2. What is one of the different periods of serfdom?

3. Augustine expands Paul's view and tries to incorporate what conception of freedom and God?

4. Who has the most freedom in terms of the sovereignal aspect of freedom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of this chapter?

2. Two questions arise from Paul's theology. What are we saved from? To whom or what are we enslaved? What are the answers?

3. What has happened to society by the medieval times?

4. How does Augustus influence the interpretations of freedom?

5. What happens when Christianity appears?

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

7. In trying to define the relationship between church and state, four interpretations are proposed by Patterson. What are these interpretations?

8. What is the relationship between church and state at the end of the Middle Ages?

9. How do the beliefs of different sects compare?

10. What phases exist in the development of early Christianity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By medieval times, Europe makes the transition from slavery to serfdom.

Part 1) Compare slavery to serfdom. Why does the end of the Roman Empire not end slavery?

Part 2) Why do historians down play the role of freedom during this period of time?

Part 3) Who controls freedom at this time? How do people at this time think of freedom? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Freedom was not always practical for a slave.

Part 1) Why would it not be practical? What would be needed for a slave to be freed and to survive?

Part 2) With this in mind, how is it possible that a large majority of countries no longer practice slavery?

Part 3) Does slavery exist today? Where? In what forms? To what or whom are people enslaved?

Essay Topic 3

Inner freedom is brought about by Greek religion.

Part 1) What is inner freedom? How is it brought about by Greek religion?

Part 2) Could it be brought about in any other way? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do societies today reveal a desire for inner freedom? What is the connection between the Greeks' belief in inner freedom and ours?

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