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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When has someone achieved inner freedom?
(a) When an individual becomes educated in freedom.
(b) When an individual dies.
(c) When an individual prays to his or her gods.
(d) When an individual is an independent thinker.

2. Athens experiences how many results from the transition to a slave economy?
(a) One.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

3. Who are many of the proponents of these schools of thought?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The middle class.
(c) Slaves or former slaves.
(d) The upper class.

4. Of what is Greek drama full?
(a) Strong women commanding leading roles.
(b) Strong women in small roles.
(c) Weak women in small roles.
(d) Weak women in leading roles.

5. What does it mean to be Greek?
(a) To be special.
(b) To be enslaved.
(c) To be free.
(d) To be an outcast.

6. In the days of ancient Carthage, the slave develops what kind of value?
(a) Equal.
(b) Economic.
(c) Social.
(d) Human.

7. For whom are the plays?
(a) Male audiences.
(b) The upper class.
(c) The lower class.
(d) Female audiences.

8. With _____________ freedom, the individual is not dominated by another human.
(a) Sovereignal.
(b) Formal.
(c) Social.
(d) Personal.

9. The years of the Peloponnesian War bring what to Athens and Greece?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Only war.
(c) Changes.
(d) Sadness.

10. There is a shift in agricultural production away from what into the production of olives, figs, fruits, etc.?
(a) Corn production.
(b) Flax production.
(c) Wheat production.
(d) Grain production.

11. Which women had more activities outside the home?
(a) Any woman on the social ladder.
(b) The lower down the women are on the social ladder.
(c) Those women in the middle of the social ladder.
(d) The higher up the women are on the social ladder.

12. Which of the following statements describes the new class that arises?
(a) It is a new aristocracy.
(b) It is not dependent on the aristocracy.
(c) It is more powerful than the aristocracy.
(d) It is dependent on the aristocracy.

13. Who does this economically benefit?
(a) The poor Athenians.
(b) The rich Athenians.
(c) Both rich and poor Athenians.
(d) The middle class Athenians.

14. Which of Aeschylus' plays does he cite?
(a) The Franks and the Beautiful Woman.
(b) The Saxons and the Handsome Midwife.
(c) The Persians and The Suppliant Maidens.
(d) The Romans and the Goddess Juno.

15. What does this chapter examine?
(a) The role of Rome in the historical development of freedom.
(b) The role of Italy in the historical development of freedom.
(c) The role of Crete in the development of freedom.
(d) The role of Greece in the historical development of freedom as a social value.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is this view of Mortal life beginning to be questioned?

2. What dictates mortal life?

3. Which social classes of women are restricted to their houses with very little social life?

4. To what preoccupation among citizens does this lead?

5. Why is freedom not practical for a slave during this period?

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