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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do traditional modes of teaching interfere with the development of a Subject, according to Friere?
(a) Because the subject has to spend their time going to school.
(b) Because the Subject gets taught lessons they are not interested in.
(c) Because a person has to either be in the right or wrong and, therefore, is not their own Subject.
(d) Because the subject has to spend money to go to school.

2. What does Friere mean by ‘Conscientization’?
(a) Not reacting violently.
(b) A conscious awareness of one's own situation.
(c) An awareness of someone else's situation.
(d) Spreading the good news about liberty.

3. How does this institution 'teach' oppression?
(a) It uses tools of oppression such as caning.
(b) There are political posters on the walls.
(c) It enforces uniforms.
(d) It creates an internal 'culture of oppression' in the minds of the student.

4. What does Friere think is the difference between humans and other animals?
(a) How we grow up.
(b) How we get our food.
(c) How we treat each other.
(d) Humans can see outside of their situation.

5. Why are power structures necessarily bad, according to Friere?
(a) Because they cost a lot to maintain.
(b) Because they always have the weak at the bottom and the strong at the top.
(c) Because those at the bottom express unthinking loyalty.
(d) Because those at the top always turn into dictators.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Friere's problem-solving education promote equality?

2. What is phenomenology?

3. What, according to Friere, must the Oppressed have the courage to do?

4. Who was Mr. Giddy?

5. What is the duality of the thematic universe?

(see the answer key)

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