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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 do the plebeians view the civic freedom of the upper class?

2. With whom do the patricians conflict?

3. What is the role of Jesus?

4. Who represents Reactionary Stoicism?

5. How do many in the nobility view the princeps?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Roman economy and society.

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

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

4. What is Reformist Stoicism?

5. Rome extends its power and rule to the Italian peninsula through a series of wars and conquests in 266 B.C. What are the consequences?

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

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

8. What is Paul's role in shaping Christianity?

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

10. What are the consequences of Jesus' crucifixion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Europe emerges from the Middle Ages, there are similarities and, yet, conflicts between church and state.

Part 1) What are the similarities bet church and state? Why are the church and state in conflict?

Part 2) How is this conflict settled? How effective is this? Explain.

Part 3) How has conflict continued into modern times? How is this conflict handled today? Why is it handled this way?

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

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?

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