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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Rome similar to Greece?
(a) It led by the same ruler.
(b) It is also a slave-based economy.
(c) It's people speak the same language.
(d) It is the same shape.

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

4. What do his ideas provide?
(a) What is needed at the time for Christianity to be accepted.
(b) A reason for intellectuals to have faith.
(c) What the upper class need from Christianity.
(d) A belief of love and compassion.

5. As Europe emerges from the Middle Ages, the church and European states become ____________ in terms of absolutism and thought processes.
(a) Opposites.
(b) Different.
(c) More similar.
(d) The same.

6. According to Patterson, how many phases exist in the development of early Christianity?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

7. On what is the focus of this chapter?
(a) Paul and his role in shaping Christianity.
(b) Peter and his relationship with Christ.
(c) Mark and Luke's life after Jesus' death.
(d) John and his role in shaping Christianity.

8. With whom do the patricians conflict?
(a) The pueblos.
(b) The plebeians.
(c) The euclids.
(d) The metics.

9. What does this chapter examine?
(a) The role of Paul as the father of Christianity.
(b) The role of Paul in shaping Christianity's attitude on freedom.
(c) The role of Paul in shaping Christianity's attitude about other gods.
(d) The role of Paul as the ruler of the Christian faith.

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

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

12. The upper class young men of the time are educated in Stoicism and despise who?
(a) The other members of the upper class.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The populace.
(d) The slaves.

13. According to Augustine, from where does freedom come?
(a) Others.
(b) As something that is inherited.
(c) As a gift from God.
(d) The mind.

14. By medieval times, the character of Europe has become rural __________.
(a) Serfdoms.
(b) Kingdoms.
(c) Villages.
(d) Slave-based societies.

15. Augustus uses his sovereignal power for the______ of the populace.
(a) No member.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is sin considered to be?

2. Why does Augustine view personal freedom as a form of emptiness that doesn't result in inner peace?

3. To whom do Augustus and the following emperors link themselves?

4. What are slaves seeking and finding in Christianity?

5. From what does freedom come?

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