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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesus not intend to do?
(a) Keep the church in one part of the world.
(b) Die.
(c) Leave the church at such a young age.
(d) Lay the foundations for a church based on his teachings.

2. In the Middle Ages, what renews the interest in the quest for freedom?
(a) The end of slavery.
(b) The freedom of serfdom.
(c) The oppression of serfdom.
(d) The compassion of the king.

3. Why does Augustine view personal freedom as a form of emptiness that doesn't result in inner peace?
(a) It does not help others.
(b) It does not result in reconciliation.
(c) It does not benefit him.
(d) It is selfish.

4. Of whom does the majority of the population consist?
(a) Grecians.
(b) Native Romans.
(c) Italians.
(d) Aliens.

5. What is one of the different periods of serfdom?
(a) Ruler serfdom.
(b) Conservative serfdom.
(c) Feudal serfdom.
(d) Liberal serfdom.

6. The third involves the restructuring of Italian what?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) Imports.

7. How does Augustus change his image and his manner of rule during his reign?
(a) From military oriented to politically oriented.
(b) From military oriented to personality oriented.
(c) From personality oriented to politically oriented.
(d) From personality oriented to military oriented.

8. Augustus' rule is at the expense of whose civic freedom?
(a) The upper classes.
(b) The lower classes.
(c) The middle classes.
(d) The slaves.

9. Where are the greatest conversion rates?
(a) In middle class societies.
(b) In regions where slavery predominates.
(c) Among the Hellenic thinkers.
(d) In upper class societies.

10. Who has the most freedom in terms of the sovereignal aspect of freedom?
(a) The women.
(b) The men.
(c) The peasants.
(d) The king.

11. Where does slavery exist until 11 A.D. and the on-set of feudalism?
(a) In Sweden and Norway.
(b) In England and France.
(c) In France and Italy.
(d) In Germany and Austria.

12. What happens once Christianity appears?
(a) It spreads quickly through Greece.
(b) It stays in the Middle East.
(c) It spreads rapidly throughout the Roman Empire.
(d) It spreads slowly throughout the Roman Empire.

13. Whose thinking basically molds the early church and shapes generations of theological thinkers?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Mark's.
(c) Paul's.
(d) John's.

14. Why does Paul say people suffer?
(a) People suffer because of past life mistakes.
(b) People suffer because of their sins.
(c) People suffer because of others.
(d) People suffer because of fate.

15. From what does the development of the concept of freedom in Rome result?
(a) A series of debates.
(b) A series of struggles.
(c) A contrasting jump from slavery to freedom.
(d) A smooth transition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the sovereignal aspect of freedom dominates this era, historians have tended to ___________ the role of freedom.

2. How do many in the nobility view the princeps?

3. Augustus uses his sovereignal power for the______ of the populace.

4. In what forms do these rights or freedoms come?

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

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