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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. In what do plebeians have more faith?

2. As what do his views become known?

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

4. How do many of the serfs and peasants receive rights?

5. Augustine, like Paul, is also concerned with the role of _______________ in Christianity.

Short Essay Questions

1. How have women's lives begun to change?

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

3. What are the consequences of Jesus' crucifixion?

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

5. Describe the Roman economy and society.

6. What happens when Christianity appears?

7. What is Reactionary Stoicism?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The living conditions of many Athenian women are harsh.

Part 1) Describe these living conditions. Why are they harsh?

Part 2) What is the connection between their conditions and slavery?

Part 3) What is surprising about the women who have the harshest of living conditions? Why this surprising?

Essay Topic 2

The introduction of foreign slavery enhances the native attributes of the freedman.

Part 1) When and where was foreign slavery introduced? Why was it introduced?

Part 2) How does it affect the meaning of freedom and who was free?

Part 3) How is this idea of nativity relating to a freedman reflected in societies today in various social classes?

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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