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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a second factor have to do with, which Patterson sees as "a strategic class error" (p. 65) because it results in a standard against which things can be measured?
(a) The spread of literacy and the development of a legal written code.
(b) The spread of legal tender that quickly reveals wealth.
(c) The spread of wealth among this new class.
(d) The spread of disease.

2. How do societies everywhere regard the inception of freedom as a value?
(a) They encourag it.
(b) They are envious of it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They resist it.

3. How does this chapter examine the role of women in the development of the concept of freedom?
(a) Using Greek tragedy.
(b) Using German symphonies.
(c) Using French operas.
(d) Using Roman plays.

4. The concern with personal freedom basically results from whom?
(a) Male slaves of the period.
(b) Female landowners of the period.
(c) Female slaves of the period.
(d) Male landowners of the period.

5. Did freedom as an idea develop into a value everywhere?
(a) Mostly.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Somewhat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the speech take place?

2. The financial welfare of the slaveholder is now becoming dependent on what?

3. Who does this economically benefit?

4. A social reaction between slave, slaveholder and society must take place in order for what to happen?

5. Among the Tupinamba, why does the slave exist?

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