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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a critical consciousness?
(a) A view that questions everything around itself.
(b) A high achiever.
(c) An overly suspicious mind.
(d) An overly argumentative person.

2. What does Paolo Friere mean by critical thinking?
(a) The ability to question things.
(b) The ability to discern good from bad.
(c) The ability to be overly critical and negative.
(d) The ability to study philosophy.

3. Who will become freed when the Oppressed rise up?
(a) The Oppressed.
(b) Only the very poorest.
(c) Both Oppressed and the Oppressors.
(d) The Oppressors.

4. What is a ‘Generative Theme’?
(a) A theme that is important to a culture.
(b) On having many questions at once.
(c) A theme that is only important to oneself.
(d) A type of teaching practice.

5. How should didactic material be used, according to Friere?
(a) To make sure the student doesn't get it wrong.
(b) To encourage the student to ask questions about their own situation.
(c) To entertain the students.
(d) To assess whether the student is right or wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term 'didactic' mean?

2. Why does Friere think that a specific form of education is a contradiction?

3. Who do the Oppressed blame for their status in life?

4. Why, according to Friere, does an Untested Feasibility lead to Fear of Freedom?

5. In what ways, according to Friere, does the educator have power over the students’ knowledge?

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