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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Beginning Again, The Current Challenge to Teach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) An equal system.
(b) An adequate system.
(c) A failure.
(d) A success.

2. Ayers believes that who is dynamic, alive, and in motion?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Students.
(c) Principals.
(d) Parents.

3. Who said that a "teacher is no longer merely the one-who-teaches"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Paulo Freire.
(d) John Dewey.

4. What did Ayers take away from a seven year old in the lunch room at P.S. 269?
(a) A gun.
(b) A metal pipe.
(c) Scissors.
(d) A knife.

5. What is the root word for evaluation discussed in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track"?
(a) Eval.
(b) Value.
(c) Test.
(d) Assessment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?

2. What did Ayers state is required for "greatness in teaching"?

3. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did a staff review session end?

4. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?

5. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.

(see the answer key)

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