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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the speech take place?
2. Who writes the dramas?
3. The contemporaneous development of slavery and the concept of freedom characterize what societies?
4. Which of Aeschylus' plays does he cite?
5. On what is Athens now completely dependent?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do light and darkness symbolize used by the Greek dramatist?
2. Explain one of the schools of thought.
3. Athens experiences three results from the transition to a slave economy. What are these three results?
4. What role does slavery play in this conflict?
5. Why is freedom not a social value of the Tupinamba people of Brazil in the sixteenth century?
6. This chapter examines the role of Greece in the historical development of freedom as a social value. What are the four designated periods of interest?
7. What is a second revolution?
8. What is the importance of Greek religion on freedom?
9. What are Patterson's three components of freedom?
10. What does it mean to be Greek at this time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The introduction of foreign slavery enhances the native attributes of the freedman.
Part 1) When and where was foreign slavery introduced? Why was it introduced?
Part 2) How does it affect the meaning of freedom and who was free?
Part 3) How is this idea of nativity relating to a freedman reflected in societies today in various social classes?
Essay Topic 2
It is the women who are responsible for instilling the concept of freedom into Western civilization.
Part 1) Compare a man's concept of freedom to a woman's.
Part 2) Why are the women responsible?
Part 3) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not? How is this ironic?
Essay Topic 3
The preoccupation with freedom is a predominantly Western concept.
Part 1) Prove or Disprove this statement. Is preoccupation predominantly a Western concept?
Part 2) Why is the west preoccupied with freedom?
Part 3) How has this preoccupation led to Western civilization as we know it?
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