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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. Where are the greatest conversion rates?

2. On what is the focus of this chapter?

3. Law and the state of grace are _________.

4. According to Augustine, from where does freedom come?

5. How is Rome similar to Greece?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What happens when Christianity appears?

3. Why does the populace accept Augustus?

4. Describe the Roman economy and society.

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

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

7. How does Augustus influence the interpretations of freedom?

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

9. What is the purpose of this chapter?

10. What is Reactionary Stoicism?

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

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

Augustus sets the pace for the interpretations of freedom that will define the European chordal triad for the next 1,500 years.

Part 1) Who is Augustus? How does he set the pace?

Part 2) Why is he so influential? What power does he have over the region?

Part 3) How does Augustus change his persona for his people? Why does he do this?

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