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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. Which of Aeschylus' plays does he cite?

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

3. What happens to debtors at this time?

4. To what preoccupation among citizens does this lead?

5. Slavery is more than just what kind of problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Plato say about the soul?

2. How does Patterson view the development of freedom as a social value?

3. What role does slavery play in this conflict?

4. From what do personal freedom and civic freedom awareness result?

5. Why is freedom not a social value of the Tupinamba people of Brazil in the sixteenth century?

6. Describe the Oedipus trilogy of Sophocles in relation to freedom.

7. What does it mean to be Greek at this time?

8. The development of freedom as a social value can be traced to five revolutions that occurred in Athens between 7 and 4 B.C. What is one of the revolutions?

9. Describe the slavery issue in the South Pacific.

10. Eventually the differing views of freedom lead to social conflict and upheaval. What causes this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patterson states he does not mean for his book to be a study of the intellectual study of freedom, but the historical development of freedom a a social value.

Part 1) Why is this his purpose?

Part 2) Based on this book, what might be the author's thoughts on the social value of freedom? Why?

Part 3) Why must the study of the intellectual study of freedom naturally be a part of this book, even though it is not what the author intended?

Essay Topic 2

The living conditions of many Athenian women are harsh.

Part 1) Describe these living conditions. Why are they harsh?

Part 2) What is the connection between their conditions and slavery?

Part 3) What is surprising about the women who have the harshest of living conditions? Why this surprising?

Essay Topic 3

The Western concept of freedom arises from slavery is the basis for the greatness of Western civilization.

Part 1) What is the role of slavery in the development of freedom?

Part 2) Why is it important that slavery have a role in the Western world's concept of freedom?

Part 3) Could our concept of freedom have existed without slavery? Why or why not?

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