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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third revolution, which involves the emergence of democracy?
(a) A social revolution.
(b) A philosophical revolution.
(c) A political revolution.
(d) An economic revolution.

2. According to Patterson, what are the three components of freedom?
(a) Formal, informal, and community.
(b) Ruler, kingdom, and peasant.
(c) Personal, sovereignal, and civic.
(d) Individual, unique, and social.

3. In earlier cultures, what was ultimately done with the captive slave?
(a) He or she was given away as a gift.
(b) He or she was sold.
(c) He or she was freed.
(d) He or she was eaten.

4. What happens to these former slaves that become successful and prosperous?
(a) They cause resentment among the still-oppressed slaves.
(b) They miss their old lives.
(c) They become disrespectful and out of control.
(d) They are abused by the aristocracy and the still-oppressed slaves.

5. In what revolution does the slaveholder become economically dependent on the slave for his own financial well-being?
(a) The social revolution.
(b) The economic revolution.
(c) The freedom revolution.
(d) The political revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the slave master's financial welfare depended on the slave, what did he have to do?

2. Did freedom as an idea develop into a value everywhere?

3. Who either fear being captured and made into slaves, or are already slaves and want release?

4. What delineates the fifth revolution of this period?

5. Preoccupation with freedom is predominately a _____________ concept.

(see the answer key)

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