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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. What parts of the Roman economy are slave-based?

2. With whom do the patricians conflict?

3. To what are the Reactionary Stoicism beliefs adapted?

4. The upper class young men of the time are educated in Stoicism and despise who?

5. How does Augustus change his image and his manner of rule during his reign?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What conflict takes place in this period?

5. What is the purpose of this chapter?

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

7. What is Reformist Stoicism?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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