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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each of the three is concerned with what issue?
(a) Death and dying.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) The slavery-freedom issue.
(d) Compassion and compromise.

2. How do these slaves from the mines and those in the urban sector provide for the Athenians?
(a) They make medicine for the wealthy Athenians.
(b) They protect them from enemies.
(c) They provide the means for the growing Athenian imperialism.
(d) They provide food and supplies.

3. According to Plato, what is the soul like?
(a) A transparent being.
(b) A mini-state in that it contains three parts.
(c) The true person.
(d) A container of thoughts.

4. To what preoccupation among citizens does this lead?
(a) Regarding manual labor and working for others.
(b) Regarding the work of slaves.
(c) Regarding landownership.
(d) Regarding the purchasing of slaves.

5. During the war in the sixth century B.C., Greek cities are occupied by whom?
(a) The Persians.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Saxons.

6. Why must one be aware of and concerned with the thoughts and opinions of the intellectuals?
(a) They are the writers of the time.
(b) They are the most intelligent.
(c) They affect the people of all levels of society.
(d) They are the wealthy aristocracy.

7. Since the slave master's financial welfare depended on the slave, what did he have to do?
(a) Trick the slave to produce.
(b) Scare the slave into submission.
(c) Find a way to purchase more slaves.
(d) Find a way to motivate the slave to produce.

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

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

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

11. The contemporaneous development of slavery and the concept of freedom characterize what societies?
(a) Ancient Rome and Greece.
(b) Modern Athens and Greece.
(c) Ancient Carthage and Rome.
(d) Ancient Athens and Greece.

12. Greek drama represents what?
(a) A time away from real life.
(b) A discourse on values.
(c) A realistic view of women in society.
(d) A fantasy.

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

14. How does the ruling class find the majority of the population becoming?
(a) Politically dependent on it.
(b) Politically independent of it.
(c) Economically and socially dependent on it.
(d) Economically and socially independent of it.

15. What is an example of a social reform for the abolishment of debt, debt bondage and enslavement for debt?
(a) Solon's seize.
(b) Solomon's seize.
(c) Solomon's seisochtheia.
(d) Solon's seisochtheia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who writes the dramas?

3. When has someone achieved inner freedom?

4. What is also a factor contributing to the social conflict of this time?

5. How does Greek drama, especially tragedy, credit women?

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